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  1. in.linkedin.com › company › mercator-lines-limitedMercator Lines Limited | LinkedIn

    Mercator Lines Limited | 2,623 followers on LinkedIn. Incorporated in 1983, Mercator is India’s second largest private sector shipping company with diversified interests ranging from...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mercator_(company)Mercator (company) - Wikipedia

    Mercator Limited (formerly Mercator Lines Ltd.) is the parent company and was the second largest private sector shipping company in India, and it is based in Mumbai. It was amongst the highest wealth creators in the Indian stock exchanges between 2000 -2010.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mercator_projectionMercator projection - Wikipedia

    The Mercator projection ( / mərˈkeɪtər /) is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. It became the standard map projection for navigation due to its ability to represent north as "up" and south as "down" everywhere while preserving local directions and shapes.

  5. www.britannica.com › science › Mercator-projectionMercator projection | Definition, Uses, & Limitations ...

    Jun 27, 2024 · The Mercator projection is a map projection introduced by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. The Mercator projection is a useful navigation tool, as a straight line on a Mercator map indicates a straight course, but it is not a practical world map, because of distortion of scale near the poles.

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  6. in.linkedin.com › company › mercator-limitedMercator Limited | LinkedIn

    Mercator Limited (earlier known as Mercator Lines Ltd) is Mumbai based International organisation. As a group, Mercator has diversified business interests in Coal, Oil & Gas, Commodity...

  7. planetmath.org › MercatorProjectionMercator projection - PlanetMath.org

    The Mercator projection satisfies two important properties: it is conformal, that is it preserves angles, and it maps the sphere’s parallels into straight line segments of length 2 ⁢ π ⁢ R. (A parallel of latitude means a small circle comprised of points at a specified latitude).

  8. www.nationalgeographic.org › gerardus-mercatorGerardus Mercator - National Geographic Society

    Oct 19, 2023 · His most famous work, the Mercator projection, is a geographical chart where the spherical globe is flattened into a two-dimensional map, with latitude and longitude lines drawn in a straight grid. Mercator’s view of the world is one that has endured through the centuries and still helps navigators today.