Vietnam and the Mercator projection
Vietnam and the Mercator projection
OK, I will begin with confession time. I knew of the movement against the Mercator projection due to the fact that it distorts the size of countries the further you get from the equator (the Mercator’s chief advantage being that it keeps longitudes and latitude lines straight, but I always assumed that no one actually used it as a basis to compare areas when travelling around the world (I know, I…
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