A cylindrical map projection in which the meridians and parallels of latitude appear as lines crossing at right angles and in which areas appear greater farther from the equator.
The Mercator projection is used for world maps, and is most accurate between 30 degrees north and south latitude. The further away you go from there, the more exaggerated it becomes. The equal-area...
Mercator projection maps show both latitude and longitude lines being parallel from each other, respectively (latitude lines being parallel to each other, etc). In other words, mercator maps are...
The difference between Mercator's and Peter's projection is that Mercator's projection blew up the size of powerful nations as size = power, in addition to this Mercator's projection allowed...