Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-22 months agoMercator v Realityi.imgur.comvideomessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1videoMercator v Realityi.imgur.comBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhat you see in stuff like Google Maps or OpenStreetMap isn’t plain Mercator, it’s a variant called “Web Mercator” And the US DoD doesn’t like it because it introduces even more deviations than plain Mercator.
What you see in stuff like Google Maps or OpenStreetMap isn’t plain Mercator, it’s a variant called “Web Mercator”
And the US DoD doesn’t like it because it introduces even more deviations than plain Mercator.