07-18, 11:00–11:30 (Europe/Sarajevo), SA01
Mercator projection is nowadays hated by many people. A movement started (at least) in the 1970's by Arno Peters. However it has unique properties that other projections miss. Those properties are useful not only in surveying (big scales), but also in worldwide data representation (small scales).
This talk will explain the pros and cons of the Mercator projection and compare it to other projections. It will explain how to measure distances in any projection. I hope it will give hints to decide which projection to use depending on the purpose of the map.
1 - no previous knowledge needed
Select at least one general theme that best defines your proposal –Data visualization, Education
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Civil engineer and software developer (mainly C++). The last years I'm focused on GIS, contributing to PROJ and GDAL libraries. Member of the PSC of both projects.
https://github.com/jjimenezshaw/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7227-9173