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English: A comparison of infinitesimal elements on the sphere (left) and Mercator projection (right). The angle is unchanged only if the horizontal scale and the vertical scaling are the same. |
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| Author | Peter Mercator |
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| current | 10:42, 6 August 2010 | | 280 × 117 (19 KB) | Peter Mercator | {{Information |Description={{en|1=A comparison of infinitesimal elements on the sphere (left) and Mercator projection (right). The angle is unchanged only if the horizontal scale and the vertical scaling are the same.}} |Source={{own}} |Author=[[User:Pete |
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