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• Mercator projection — of the world between 82°S and 82°N. Mercator world …   Wikipedia

• Mercator projection — Cartography. a conformal projection on which any rhumb line is represented as a straight line, used chiefly in navigation, though the scale varies with latitude and areal size and the shapes of large areas are greatly distorted. Also, Mercator s… …   Universalium

• Map — /map/, n. Walter, c1140 1209?, Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist. Also, Mapes /mayps, may peez/. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an… …   Universalium

• Mercator Cooper — House in Southampton (now used as part of the town library). Mercator Cooper (September 29, 1803 – spring 1872) was a ship s captain who is credited with the first formal American visit to Tokyo, Japan and the first formal landing on the mainland …   Wikipedia

• Mercator — type of map projection, 1660s, invented by Flemish geographer Gerhard Kremer (1512 1594), who Latinized his surname, which means dealer, tradesman, as Mercator (see MERCHANT (Cf. merchant)). He first used this type of map projection in 1568 …   Etymology dictionary

• Mercator Ice Piedmont — (68°37′S 65°30′W / 68.617°S 65.5°W / 68.617; 65.5) is a gently sloping ice piedmont at the head of Mobiloil Inlet, formed by the confluence of the Gibbs, Lammers, C …   Wikipedia

• Map — (m[a^]p), n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; a Punic word. Cf. {Apron}, {Napkin}, {Nappe}.] 1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Map lichen — Map Map (m[a^]p), n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; a Punic word. Cf. {Apron}, {Napkin}, {Nappe}.] 1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Map projection — A medieval depiction of the Ecumene (1482, Johannes Schnitzer, engraver), constructed after the coordinates in Ptolemy s Geography and using his second map projection A map projection is any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other …   Wikipedia

• map — mappable, adj. mapper, n. /map/, n., v., mapped, mapping. n. 1. a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships… …   Universalium

• MAP — See modified American plan. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an area of the Earth or of any celestial body. Globes are maps represented on… …   Universalium