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Salsk061 [2.6K]
3 years ago
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What issues are there with the Mercator map projection?

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Volgvan3 years ago
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Answer:

The popular Mercator projection distorts the relative size of landmasses, exaggerating the size of land near the poles as compared to areas near the equator. This map shows that in reality, Brazil is almost as large as Canada, even though it appears to be much smaller on Mercator maps.

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