Mercator projection

Mercator projection maps the spherical (yellow) quadrangle onto irregular (blue) region on the cylinder, but preserves the area. Move the green vertices to modify the spherical quadrangle.

 

Zbigniew Radziszewski

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
mercator  projection 
Target Group (Age)
16 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
 
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