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Mercator(The Mercator projection shows lines of longitude as straight, parallel lines on the map surface that do not intersect at the poles, as they do on a globe. When calculating for Earth's curvature, the shortest distance between two locations on a Mercator projection will follow a great-circle line across the map, which by comparison would follow a straight line across the surface of a globe.) Hammer Hammer is an equal-area projection. The only point free of distortion is the center point, though distortion of shape is moderate throughout. Central meridian (pole-to-pole) is a straight line half the length of the equator. Other meridians are complex curves, equally spaced along the equator. The equator is straight. Other parallels are complex curves, equally spaced along the central meridian, curving towards the poles which are normally shown as points but are missing in our version of the ma

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