Mercator map projection

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• Mercator map projection — A conformal cylindrical map projection in which the surface of a sphere or spheroid, such as the earth, is conceived as developed on a cylinder tangent along the equator; meridians appear as equally spaced vertical lines; and parallels appear as… …   Aviation dictionary

• transverse Mercator map projection — A conformal cylindrical map projection, which is in principle equivalent to the regular Mercator map projection turned (transversed) 90° in azimuth. In this projection, the central meridian is represented by a straight line, corresponding to the… …   Aviation dictionary

• Mercator's projection — noun a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator • Syn: ↑Mercator projection • Hypernyms: ↑map projection * * * Mercator s projection noun A representation of the surface of the globe… …   Useful english dictionary

• Mercator's projection — /mɜˌkeɪtəz prəˈdʒɛkʃən/ (say mer.kaytuhz pruh jekshuhn) noun a map projection with rectangular grid which is conformal and on which any rhumb line is represented as a straight line. It is particularly useful for navigation, though the scale… …  

• 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 projection — noun a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude • Hypernyms: ↑projection • Hyponyms: ↑conformal projection, ↑orthomorphic projection, ↑conic projection, ↑conical projection, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• oblique Mercator’s projection — A type of conformal map projection in which the cylinder is tangent at a great circle other than the equator or the meridian. The line of tangency can be any great circle. The projection is used principally to depict an area near the vicinity of… …   Aviation dictionary

• cylindrical projections/cylindrical equal-area map projection — A cylindrical map projection onto a cylinder tangent to a sphere, showing the geographic meridians as a family of equal spaced parallel straight lines perpendicular to a second family of parallel straight lines. They represent the geographic… …   Aviation dictionary

• projection — In cartography, any systematic arrangement of parallels and meridians portraying a quasi spherical planetary surface on a plane of a map. See Mercator map projection, Lambert conformal conic map projection, and international modified poly conic… …   Aviation dictionary

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

• 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