The Mercator projection is good because it preserves ... of having both until Patterson and his team unveiled their Equal Earth map. According to the study, Patterson, Šavrič, and Jenny searched ...

Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation of Earth, reveal inaccuracies in ... This is due to the Mercator Projection, a map type dating back to 1569, introduced by Geradus Mercator.

I’m ok! A map projection is an attempt by cartographers (map makers) to show all or part of the Earth’s curved surface on a flat surface. The Mercator map projection is used widely for ...

They are named after a Flemish cartographer who showed the spherical Earth as a flat rectangle, with perpendicular lines of longitude and latitude. The Mercator projection also inflates the size ...