1.5 Mercator Sailing
1.5 Mercator Sailing
CELESTIAL
UD11T4104
MARITIME ACADEMY
Unit – 1 EARTH
(North-South) direction.
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Mercator Projection
• Orthomorphic or Conformal Projection
• A projection in which the scale, although varying throughout the map, is the
same in all directions at any point, so that very small areas are represented
by correct shape and bearings are correct.
• The expansion is equal to the secant of the latitude, with a small
correction for the ellipticity of the Earth. Since the secant of 90° is
infinity, the projection cannot include the poles.
2. N 69 12.4’ E, 5972 NM
3. S 49 29.8’ E, 2770 NM
4. 3d 15.3’ E
6. 44 53.8’ S / 4491.6 NM
9. 43 28.7 N