https://github.com/nowosad/map_distortion

The distortion of the Mercator projection
https://github.com/nowosad/map_distortion

maps mercator projections

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The distortion of the Mercator projection

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nowosad/map_distortion
• Owner: Nowosad
• License: cc-by-sa-4.0
• Created: 2020-02-17T11:25:31.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-18T17:16:12.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-20T22:53:09.031Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: maps, mercator, projections
• Language: R
• Homepage:
• Size: 3.95 MB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# The distortion of the Mercator projection

[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.3670110.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3670110)

![](worlds_animate2.gif)

Learn more by reading [the "How much our maps are distorted?" blog post](https://jakubnowosad.com/posts/2018-10-23-map-distortion/).