Mercator

[ mer-key-ter; Flemish mer-kah-tawr ]

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noun

Ger·har·dus [jer-, hahr, -d, uh, s], Gerhard Kremer, 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.

noting, pertaining to, or according to the principles of a Mercator projection:
a Mercator chart.

Mercator

/ mɜːˈkeɪtə /

MercatorGerardus15121594MFlemishGEOGRAPHY: cartographerSCIENCE: mathematician Gerardus (dʒəˈrɑːdəs). Latinized name of Gerhard Kremer. 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and mathematician

Mercator

/ mər-kā′tər /

Flemish cartographer who in 1568 developed the Mercator projection. In 1585 he began work on a book of maps of Europe, a project that was later completed by his son and published in 1595. As a result of the drawing of the Greek titan Atlas carrying the globe on his shoulders on the book's cover, the term “atlas” was subsequently applied to any book of maps.

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Mercator’s map shows a giant Greenland and the Western world at its center.

To Mercator’s credit, his map was created for the purposes of navigation, and it does this well—but it sucks for visual accuracy.

The most common map used these days is the Mercator projection.

The Mercator projection is very good for navigation and for making local maps.

For example, Hawaii is much closer to Asia than it looks on a Mercator projection.

A few hundred years later, Belgian cartographer Gerard Mercator was charged with heresy.

The blog was recently optioned by Mercator Pictures for scripted television development.

The engraved map is of the Hondius or the Mercator type presenting in the main the best geographical knowledge of the time.

We annex a sketch of this map as reduced by Brevoort to Mercator's projection.

You already know something about the Mercator Projection and a Mercator chart.

The Hydrographic Office publishes blank Mercator charts for all latitudes in which they can be used for plotting your position.

In very high latitudes and near the North pole, the Mercator chart is worthless.

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