Web Mercator
Online mapping tile standard used by web maps
Episodes
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#5035: The Map That Lied: Africa vs. MercatorThe UN just voted 164-1 to correct a 450-year-old map distortion. Here's why Mercator still shapes how we see the world. -
#2436: The One-in-Ten-Thousand Design ConstraintHow survey-grade precision and Python tools shape local map projections — and the silent failures that break your analysis.