A few days ago
10 points! What is the area of distortion for the mercator projection?
10 points! What is the area of distortion for the mercator projection?
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The further north or south you go, the more the distortion. That distortion is greatest near the poles.
Imagine that you have a rubber globe and slice it along a line of longitude from pole to pole. Then you want to stretch it out into a flat rectangle. The areas near the poles have to stretch a lot horizontally; there is no horizontal stretching at the equator.
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A few days ago
the top and bottom are bigger than the middle of the map
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