The popular Mercator mapping projection of the world was created in the 16th Century as a navigation aid. It may have worked well for sailors, but is an inappropriate education tool because it ...
THE subject of map projections is one in which the English language is strangely deficient, a deficiency the more apparent when contrasted with the wealth of Continental literature on the subject.
The most widely used map in the U.S. today is the Mercator projection map. Mercator maps often appear in businesses, in libraries and in classrooms where geography is taught. This popularity is ...