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Mercator map projection

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Mercator map projection: see map projection map projection, transfer of the features of the surface of the earth or another spherical body onto a flat sheet of paper. Only a globe can represent accurately the shape, orientation, and relative area of the earth's surface features; any projection produces
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Gauss-Kruger and versions of Lambert Conformable Conic and Oblique Mercator map projections have been added.
 
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