Assertion: mercator projection | /r/ObjectUse | used for navigation
Facets:
value: commonly
type: TEMPORAL
value: due to its unique properties
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Throughout the 1900s geographers and scholars have claimed that the Mercator projection is incorrect and that it should only be used for navigation.
text: The Mercator projection is still used commonly for navigation.
text: Although the Mercator projection is still used commonly for navigation, due to its unique properties, cartographers[who?] agree that it is not suited to general reference world maps due to its distortion of land area.