This is due to the Mercator Projection, a type of map dating back to 1569, introduced by Geradus Mercator. Described as a cylindrical projection which is derived mathematically, the horizontal ...

did you know that a little feature of mapmaking called Mercator projection makes them look significantly larger than they really are? This comes from the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus ...

wished for a so called Mercator projection (a cylindrical map projection presented by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569), that showed the earth as if it were flat.

His 1569 conformal cylindrical map projection distorted areas nearer the North and South poles by depicting the spherical ...

"Basics of the Cylindrical Grinder" provides a comprehensive introduction to different types and components of cylindrical grinding machines and methods such as plunge grinding and traverse grinding.

This important paper takes a novel approach to the problem of automatically reconstructing long-range axonal projections from stacks of images. The key innovation is to separate the identification of ...

Cylindrical lenses are optical lenses which focus light onto a line. Unlike spherical lenses, which focus light onto a point, cylindrical lenses stretch images by focusing light onto a one-dimensional ...

One of Africa's Big Five countries is shown on world maps to be half the size it actually is, while a small European country appears to be double its real area. World maps show country sizes to be ...

Welcome to our 2024 NFL projections, where you will find each team’s probability of conquering its division, advancing through the playoffs and winning the Super Bowl. The projections are based ...

Abstract: Systems, eye-mountable devices, and methods that facilitate chronotherapeutic treatment of primary open-angle ...