The Mercator Projection
Learn the bad and the good about the Mercator projection
Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
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Show Notes
Have you ever looked at a map and said to yourself “Wow, Greenland is really big!”, only to then look at a globe and realize, that Greeland wasn’t actually that big? If so, then you have discovered the Mercator Projection. A map that was originally created in 1569 and is still with us today. Learn more about the Mercator Projection, its problems, and its benefits, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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