Show comprehensive map A mercator map ts is a map constructed ted on the principle of merca tors projection the meridians are drawn parallel to each other and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator so 0 o that in all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself this produces an apparent enlargement of the polar regions which when translated into distance Is approximately accurate |