what is Mactor's projection?
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The Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection presented by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. ... Another distortion this projection causes is that it makes Greenland appear larger than Australia, while Australia is approximately three-and-a-half times larger than Greenland.
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Mercator projection, type of map projection introduced in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator. This projection is widely used for navigation charts, because any straight line on a Mercator projection map is a line of constant true bearing that enables a navigator to plot a straight-line course
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