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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Many people have a mental map of the world which corresponds approximately to the Mercator projection .
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On a Mercator projection , Great Circle routes appear as curves.
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The Mercator projection and the Zenithal Equal-area projection are shown in the form of screen dumps in Figure 4.7.
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The Mercator projection gives a popular, rectilinear picture of the Earth's surface but grossly exaggerates dimensions near the poles.