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  • 10-09-2021
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Why does a Mercator projection exaggerates the areas of land masses near the poles?

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  • 10-09-2021
Why do Mercator projections exaggerate the areas of landmass was near the poles? Because they measure points of equal elevation and if they did cross that would mean that there is a point with 2 different elevations which is impossible.
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