Mercator projection

cylindrical map projection invented by Gerardus Mercator in 1569
rdfs:label
"Mercator projection"@en
skos:altLabel
"cylindrical conformal projection"@en
"universal transverse Mercator"@en
schema:description
"cylindrical map projection invented by Gerardus Mercator in 1569"@en
schema:dateModified "2026-09-23T15:00:58+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime
schema:version 2548835632
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wdt:P1071 Duisburg
wdt:P12385 "projeccio-de-mercator"
wdt:P12800 "fr:Projection_de_Mercator"
wdt:P1296 "0237352"
wdt:P1343 Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
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wdt:P138 Gerardus Mercator
wdt:P1417 "science/Mercator-projection"
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wdt:P31 invention
conformal map projection
cylindrical projection
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wdt:P373 "Mercator projection"
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wdt:P4801 "mprojection/bd"
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wdt:P61 Gerardus Mercator
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"<math class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"><mi>&#x03C0;</mi></mstyle></mrow></math>"^^http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML
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wdt:P8313 "Mercators_projektion"
wdt:P8408 "MercatorProjection"
wdt:P8885 "메르카토르 도법"
wdt:P9112 "cartpro#bd"
wdt:P950 "XX4793961"
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