Comment by gchadwick
4 hours ago
> It baffles me that anyone still uses Mercator projection for any serious purpose.
Tell me you've never done any serious navigation off a map or chart without telling me...
4 hours ago
> It baffles me that anyone still uses Mercator projection for any serious purpose.
Tell me you've never done any serious navigation off a map or chart without telling me...
Ha. I have, and it probably was Mercator or something close to it . . . I probably should have clarified that I meant world maps (or continent scale, at least) where I would argue it's a pretty shit projection even for navigation purposes.