Mercator projection是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The mercator projection is one of the most used world map projection.

麦卡托式是最常用的世界地图投影法。

(2)The UTM system divides the Earth into 60 zones, each based on the Transverse Mercator projection.

UTM 系统将地球分为 60 个区，每个区基于横轴墨卡托投影。

(3)The most common projection after geographic (latitude and longitude) is the transverse Mercator projection.

地理学投影（维度和经度）之后，最常用的投影是横向 Mercator 投影。

(4)This was not a big problem from 16th-century sailors, of course, and the Mercator projection remains popular to this day.

当然，对于16世纪的水手来说，这不是一个大问题，如今 仍然很普遍。

(5)Only prejudice, and the trick of the Mercator projection, prevents us from recognizing the enormity of the African continent.

是偏见和麦卡托投影所造成的假象阻碍了我们对广袤非洲大陆的认识。

释义

n.

a projection of a map of the world on to a cylinder in such a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator, used especially for marine charts and certain climatological maps

墨卡托投影。