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He invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594)
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of map projection, 1660s, invented by Flemish geographer Gerhard Kremer (1512-1594), who Latinized his surname, which means "dealer, tradesman," as Mercator (see merchant ). He first used this type of map projection in 1568.
Usage examples of mercator.
But Mercator overcame the effect of the curvature of the earth by increasing the length of the degree of latitude on his map progressively towards the poles in the same proportion that, on a curved surface, the meridians converge.
He turned and glowered at the mercator, the guards, moving to step toward the tables again.
I stepped through the door to see that most of the globes and astrolabes had disappeared, as had the maps of the world, beautifully engraved reproductions of Ptolemy and Mercator that Mr Molitor would pin to the walls like charts in the cabin of a ship.
So Mercator changes the distances between the latitudes as well, increasing them as they move away from the equator and towards the poles.
But after Mercator it became possible for navigators to make use of latitude and longitude when plotting their courses.
Since those explorers had supposedly brought the latest information back to Europe, Mercator can hardly be blamed for following them.
In so doing the accuracy of his work declined: instruments capable of finding longitude did not exist in 1569, but appear to have been used to prepare the ancient source documents Mercator consulted to produce his 1538 map.
The delineation of the Australian continent, which is joined to the Antarctic lands, is taken from the preceding Mercator type of map.
I took Heinrich and his snake-handling buddy, Orest Mercator, out to the commercial strip for dinner.
They found a public notary there who said he would certify a document that said that Orest Mercator spent so many days incarcerated with these venomous reptiles blah blah blah.
Even for the young, the power of the body can fail embarrassingly: Orest Mercator, filled with the best foods and carefully trained, aims to set a world record for days spent sitting with poisonous snakes, testing himself against death.
It had been drawn in Mercator projection about a century earlier, according to the data obtained by automatic probes.
Gullick turned away and walked over to another face in the form of an electronic Mercator conformal map.
Mercator Automotive Building was three blocks over and a short drive north.
Once behind the desk, it smoothed the Mercator projection out, holding the map down with objects on its desk, and then unrolled the rest of the hard copy. CALL THKM ALL.