La projection de Mercator est une projection cylindrique du globe terrestre sur une carte plane nommée par Gerardus Mercator en 1569. Les parallèles et les méridiens sont des lignes droites et ...

Représenter notre bonne vieille planète a toujours été un défi. Il faut dire que le problème est vertigineux : comment traduire fidèlement la réalité d’une sphère (ou plus précisément, d’un ellipsoïde ...

The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it’s not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...

Various such as Mercator 's projectionProjection methodYou can see how much deformed it is compared with the actual terrain while comparing 2D maps using 3D globe with "Visualizing map distortion"is.

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CNN Election History presents historical election results on maps that represent the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, and Hawaii. CNN uses a Web Mercator map projection in the Election History ...

The story so far: The African Union (AU) has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to replace the Mercator map projection with alternatives such as the Equal Earth map. At the heart of this demand ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...