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plural Mercators
(chiefly attributive) An orthomorphic map projection, in which meridians appear at right-angles to the equator, and lines of latitude are horizontal lines whose distance from each other increases with distance from the equator. quotations examples
In the Mercator projection, the line of intersection between the cylinder and the sphere is the equator, while in the Traverse Mercator this line is a meridian.
2018, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, Space Image Processing, Routledge, page 191
Most digital maps are displayed in the Web Mercator projection but this is slowly changing. Web Mercator became the default standard for web mapping when the major online map services adopted it, like Google and OpenStreetMap.
2020, Gretchen N. Peterson, GIS Cartography […] , 3rd edition, CRC Press, page 144
we have determined to go by way of Lisbon […] , if so be that Capt. Kidd our gallant or rather gallows commander understands plain sailing and Mercator, and takes us on our voyage all according to the Chart.
1809, Lord Byron, letter (to Henry Drury), 25 Jun 1809
The Mercator has been a favorite schoolroom map because it shows almost the whole world simply—in a single continuous panel. It does not seem to distort shapes.
1964, David Greenhood, Mapping, University of Chicago Press, page 128