Happy birthday to Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) renown Flemish cartographer.
What made Mercator a great #cartographer, was in fact his abilities as a #mathematician -and like those of us scientists who feel compelled also to create art he was wasn’t hindered by his immense ability as an engraver. He produced beautiful world maps (a version of which is depicted in this print), globes, 
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Heute ist #TagderVermessung.
#OnThisDay 1512 wurde der Geo- und Kartograph Gerhard #Mercator geboren.
Er entwickelte eine Kartendarstellung, die besonders winkeltreu ist und deshalb bis heute verwendet wird: die Mercator-Projektion 
Mercator Misconceptions - Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries [Especially In High Latitudes]
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries/ <-- shared technical article
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https://equal-earth.com/ <-- shared Equal Earth map projection details [the poster’s recommended global projection for many use cases]
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[note the ‘true’ size of high latitude landmasses like Greenland and Canada (and Russia as well); note also that the Mercator Projection was not / is not a ‘tool of colonialism’, geopolitics or the like, it was/is ‘simply’ a very clever projection to aid in marine navigation]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #projection #Greenland #Canada #Russia #size #landarea #projection #mapprojection #JustSayNoToGallPeters #equalarea #Mercator #marine #nautical #navigation #spheroid #globe #area #shape #direction #equalearth #Africa #rhomb #rhomblines
The real reason Trump wants Greenland is because he only uses #Mercator maps.
@tagesschau die #Landkarte ist offensichtlich völlig ungeeignet um zu zeigen, dass Grönland sechsmal so groß wie Deutschland ist. Auch der eingeblendete Maßstab gilt in hohen Breiten nicht. #Mercator ist für die Polarregionen völlig ungeeignet! @TerribleMaps
Very disappointed to see Prof. Michael Clarke involved in this. A video published by #SkyNews days ago portrays distances on the #Mercator projection, misinforming the public on the real range of #Russia 's #WMDs.
This is a very obvious misuse of #cartography, that cannot possibly be a mistake.
#DidYouKnow: The #Mercator #Projection is a cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.
It became the standard map projection for navigation because it is unique in representing north as up and south as down everywhere while preserving local directions and shapes.
A #map in the #wild. Turned around this evening in the #pub #urinal (not before I’d finished!) to see this peeling #wall paint. Can you see a #Mercator northern hemisphere #global projection here? It struck me immediately!
FYI I hate Mercator projections. If I’m forced to put #north at the top of my maps, then I choose #EqualEarth projections. I disavow Mercator’s #imperialist #global view of the world. As a #medieval (ist) #East is always top of any map I draw anyway! #Orientate your #Maps.
Ist der great Pacific garbage patch größer als Deutschland?
https://mapfight.xyz/map/de/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch
#mercator
#bne #FediLZ
Happy birthday to Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) renown Flemish cartographer.
What made Mercator a great #cartographer, was in fact his abilities as a #mathematician -and like those of us scientists who feel compelled also to create art he was wasn't hindered by his immense ability as an engraver. He produced beautiful world maps (a version of which is depicted in this print), globes, 1/n
Hey map people:
**Has anyone come across any interesting reading (thinkpieces, academic work, etc.) about the resurgence of the Mercator projection in the tiled map era?**
I'm interested to know if folks have been discussing the potential impact of tiled Mercator on geographic perspectives in the general public. Or if there's been any talk about the more recent reintroduction of orthographic and spherical views by Google/Apple/etc. at low zoom levels.
Der #Einsatz #algorithmischer #Systeme ist auf #bestimmbare #Zwecke ausgerichtet, die vor dem #Hintergrund von #Normen und #Werten auf #Entscheidungen basieren.
#Wertvorstellung #Präferenz #Gewohnheit
#Hinweis auf #private #Forschungseinrichtung #Mercator #Institute for #China #Studies;
#Anfangsinvestition von 20 Millionen Euro durch #Stiftung #Mercator, #Gründung durch #Schmidt-Ruthenbeck (#Metro);
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_Institute_for_China_Studies
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiftung_Mercator
https://www.stiftung-mercator.de/de/woran-wir-arbeiten/demokratie-und-zusammenhalt/
Neu im Blog: Duisburg und das Mercatorhaus – Ort der Erinnerung und Repräsentation
#Mercator #Duisburg #Ruhrgebiet #identität
https://minuseinsebene.hypotheses.org/2084
#DidYouKnow: The #Mercator #Projection is a cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.
It became the standard map projection for navigation because it is unique in representing north as up and south as down everywhere while preserving local directions and shapes.
This site is really fun :)
(Also, turns out NZ is nowhere near the same size as the UK, as is often said. Waaaay bigger. Indeed, generally bigger than even I’d realised…)
Useful reminder. Though it is equally useful to remind readers that these #mercator projection #maps are not a reflection of #Eurocentrism: they were designed primarily for navigation purposes, thus not at all intended as a realistic representation of actual space
Greg Cocks 
