Political Cartography
Seems like I remember that there was once an attack on the ubiquitous Mercator Projection maps of the world for exaggerating the size (and thus the importance?) of the global north at the expense of the global south.
Does this Mercator Projection make me look fat?
This Mercator Projection makes my ass look huge. And you already know about longitude I don't see any horizontal-striped shirts in your damn closet. Some giveback latitude is supposed to be. Urrnk! Sorry, wrong answer!
I’ve got your Mercator projection right here!
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RE: Mercator projection starter maps :: Graphics
Author: Paul Anderson Subject: Mercator projection starter mapsPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:34 pm (GMT -6) - Hi All, Just a note to let you know that I have moved my Map Projection graphics web site away from Illinois State University.
Happy anniversary
In 1569 he created the first Mercator projection: a wall map of the world on 18 separate sheets entitled: “New and more complete representation of the terrestrial globe properly adapted for its use in navigation”.
Mercator projection starter maps and other great links for graphics
Mercator projection starter maps and other great links for graphics
RE: Mercator projection starter maps :: Graphics
Author: wrand Subject: Re: Mercator projection starter mapsPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:59 pm (GMT -6) Rick Metzroth wrote: Even better, anyone have a starter map from this projection you could share? A quick way to start is to grab one
RE: Mercator projection starter maps :: Graphics
Author: scavendish Subject: Re: Best map site I've foundPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:26 pm (GMT -6) jjackson wrote: Bar none http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ Abso-freakin-lutely. The Army topo maps of North Korea are some of the
RE: Mercator projection starter maps :: Graphics
Author: Chris Morris Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:23 pm (GMT -6) The following link is from a site that has amazing images, created by a professor at Northridge. I've gotten to know him after coming across one of his images when looking
RE: Mercator projection starter maps :: Graphics
Author: jjackson Subject: Best map site I've foundPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:31 pm (GMT -6) Bar none http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/» Read this post

DIVERSOPHY.COM - using the Peters Map
An early cylindrical map projection was created in 1569 by Mercator (who's name was The Peters projection is commonly used in contrast to a Mercator
Gall-Peters projection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In any case, Mercator was not the pervasive projection Peters made it out to Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection p.
Mercator Projection
A history and discussion of the Mercator projection and the uses and non-uses of the Mercator map, invented in 1569.
world map mercator projection
Mercator Projection dot world outline dot Mollweide Projection (a more realistic view) of the planet here! dot PRINT THIS MAP dot. search and find
Mercator's Projection
The Mercator projection was invented by Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish mapmaker. The property of the Mercator projection map that made it useful to
Mercator projection; Cylindrical; Conformal; Gerardus Mercator; 1569
Page 1. Mercator projection; Cylindrical; Conformal; Gerardus Mercator; 1569.
Mercator projection -- Encyclopædia Britannica
Mercator projection type of map projection introduced in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator. It is often described as a cylindrical projection, but it must be
Peters Projection@Everything2.com
For those who grew up with the Mercator map, the Peters projection map appears to If Peters had said "The Mercator projection isn't being used for the
USGS Learning Web :: Lesson Plans :: Exploring Maps :: Lessons
Latitudes 90°N and 90°S cannot be shown on a Mercator projection, On the Mercator projection, longitude lines are parallel and equally spaced,
Mercator projection: Definition and Much More from Answers.com
(Click to enlarge) Mercator projection (Jerry Malone) Mercator projection n. A cylindrical map projection in which the meridians and parallels of. mercator+projection: mercator projection world map , , mercator projection world map , , mercator+projection