Gerard de Kremer, aka Gerardus Mercator, the man who gave the world the Mercator projection - an amazing feat of mathematics, was born over 500 years ago. His name is perpetuated in the variations of his original projection, including the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection and the World Mercator Auxiliary Sphere projection used by web mapping systems today.
Yes, there are issues with using the Mercator projection, and I’ll explore those in future posts, but for now, here are a few links to get you started learning about the man and his projection.
The man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator
The projection with math: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection
I'd love to hear from anyone interested in Mercator and helping celebrate his birthday.
A hui ho!
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