It's not perfect, but it gives a pretty good representation of regions near the equator.
It's not perfect, but it gives a pretty good representation of regions near the equator. It also makes landmasses near the poles look much larger than they actually are. For 10 points -- name this common map projection, in which ratios of sizes of degrees latitude and degrees longitude are the same as they are on the globe at every point.
It's not perfect, but it gives a pretty good representation of regions near the equator.
{Mercator} projection