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Mercator is not area-preserving. It's angle preserving. It's perfect for things like Google Maps, because no matter where you zoom in, a small geographical area
by ant6n 10y ago
Mercator is not area-preserving. It's angle preserving. It's perfect for things like Google Maps, because no matter where you zoom in, a small geographical area will not be distorted. It will merely be represented at a different scale. When zoomed in, there are no distortions using Mercator.
- kuschku 10y agoCorrect. Which this one does well enough, too, at the scales required for web maps. Which makes this very awesome.