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RE: Mercator projection, the Comic Sans of map projections
What a catchy title XD I love it.
First time I hear about the nautical convenience. Sometimes reasons for popularity of things are so easy. And Mercator is a pretty way to project the world. But nothing will ever beat a globe. I'm so with you about the recent change of google maps. I am so happy every time I access their page now. Especially because I zoom out and scroll over to Europe every once in a while when I miss home :P
I'm definitely team globe all the way! No projections is as cool as the real deal. (Perhaps some funky projections maybe that really make you doubt your understanding of reality). For how long do you live in Ottawa(?) already then?
Going home with Google maps--I do that from time to time.
When I was child we left "home" in a great hurry. I check the map to see if "home" is still there. Yes it is, but so much else has changed. We really can't go home again, except in our memory, I think.