Mercator projection world

  • Price: based on dimensions, materials
  • Recommended dimensions: po zahtjevu
  • Dimensions: Upon request, all maps are vector-drawn.
  • Delivery: The product price does not include delivery.
  • Materials: Photo paper 250 gr; print directly on cap mount substrate; canvas, see more
  • Mercator projection world school map as a wall map is specifically designed for use in schools, offering detailed, durable and educational features. School maps for classrooms to teach geography or to introduce young students to the concept of maps.

    The Mercator projection is a conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator in 1569. In the 18th century, it became the standard map projection for navigation due to its property of representing rhumb lines as straight lines. When applied to world maps, the Mercator projection inflates the size of lands the farther they are from the equator. Therefore, landmasses such as Greenland and Antarctica appear far larger than they actually are relative to landmasses near the equator. Nowadays the Mercator projection is widely used because, aside from marine navigation, it is well suited for internet web maps.