Mercator has loads of advantages which other projections don't- most importantly that angles are preserved and distances are not distorted when zoomed in. It o

Mercator has loads of advantages which other projections don't- most importantly that angles are preserved and distances are not distorted when zoomed in. It only really has one disadvantage - that in a fully zommed out view, the poles appear bigger. That's not a biggie. You can find world maps in other projections easily on other sites.