The Mercator projection is a type of cylindrical projection, but in this general category of projections the map is a slice of the Earth as seen from a point directly above one of the poles.
The Mercator projection is a type of cylindrical projection, but in this general category of projections the map is a slice of the Earth as seen from a point directly above one of the poles. Distortion is nil around the central reference latitude, but increased toward the upper and lower edges of the map.
The Mercator projection is a type of cylindrical projection, but in this general category of projections the map is a slice of the Earth as seen from a point directly above one of the poles.
conical or Lambert projections