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what is a mercator projection?

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The Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. ... The map is thereby conformal. As a side effect, the Mercator projection inflates the size of objects away from the equator.

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