Anyway, you realize you cant say Mercator projection is any better, its impossible to have navigation benefits. If youre going around Greenland and judge by that map, youll think youre travelling much faster than you are, when you end up on the other side in 1/20th the time it would take to get half way across Africa.
Use logic and discernment. Its not that hard to imagine why this map makes no sense to keep using.
Your comments only reflect the fact that you don't know how to use a Mercator projection. No one imagines the length scale is constant across the map (the horizontal scale varies as the cosine of the latitude). The point is that North is always vertical (on the map) and you can use that to determine your heading to your next objective point. It will not be a Great Circle, but it will get you there.
If you know the coordinates of two points, you can use spherical trigonometry to find the distance.
It's funny how you don't know that actual maps that people navigate from are much smaller projections with the scale and miles marked directly on them.
See how you go using a world map to navigate local backstreets.
Funny that you got +4 upvotes in 30 minutes.
Anyway, you realize you cant say Mercator projection is any better, its impossible to have navigation benefits. If youre going around Greenland and judge by that map, youll think youre travelling much faster than you are, when you end up on the other side in 1/20th the time it would take to get half way across Africa.
Use logic and discernment. Its not that hard to imagine why this map makes no sense to keep using.
Your comments only reflect the fact that you don't know how to use a Mercator projection. No one imagines the length scale is constant across the map (the horizontal scale varies as the cosine of the latitude). The point is that North is always vertical (on the map) and you can use that to determine your heading to your next objective point. It will not be a Great Circle, but it will get you there.
If you know the coordinates of two points, you can use spherical trigonometry to find the distance.
I want my navigation benefits !!!!!
It's funny how you don't know that actual maps that people navigate from are much smaller projections with the scale and miles marked directly on them.
See how you go using a world map to navigate local backstreets.