Sentence examples for the mercator from inspiring English sources
noun
Pertaining to an orthomorphic map projection, in which meridians appear at right-angles to the equator, and lines of latitude are horizontal lines whose distance from each other increases with distance from the equator.
For D1 low-frequency open boundary conditions for salinity, temperature and U and V velocity components are interpolated via a downscaling of the MERCATOR operational solution for the Northeast Atlantic area (Mercator-Océan Psy2V3).
The "Mercator projection" was used by Chinese cartographers centuries before the birth of Mercator.
Imagine if the Peters projection had been developed in 1569 and the Mercator four centuries later.
(The Mercator and other projections are treated in the article map).
Projections other than the Mercator are also used, especially in very high latitudes.
The Mercator projection is still widely used, especially when north south dimensions are of chief importance.
Conversely, Europe and North America look – to the Mercator-trained eye – drastically squashed.
The maps Donne would have been familiar with are not the Mercator-style maps, but instead cordiform maps, which appear in the shape of a heart.
The bridegroom, 30, is the supervisor of European software consultants at the Mercator Corporation, a software and computer consulting company in Frankfurt.
Mr. Giffen, 62, is the chairman of the Mercator Corporation, a merchant bank, and served as an intermediary between Kazakh leaders and Western oil companies.
In May 1984, Mr. Giffen left Armco to open the Mercator Corporation; it started operations with a five-year contract with Armco.
