[Qgis-user] Mercator projection that shrinks toward pole

[b.j.kobben at utwente.nl]

Well, if it's shrinking towards the poles, it basically is not a Mercator
projection (at least not the traditional normal Mercator where the
cylinder is wrapped around the Equator)...

Which "nautical chart viewer" did you see this in...?

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On 04-02-13 06:26, "feverzsj" <feverzsj at hotmail.com> wrote:

>hi, list
>I've noticed that lots of map viewer (especially those nautical chart
>viewer) will shrink a mercator projected chart while panning towards
>poles.
>Is this some compensation for mercator distortion?
>Is this a dedicated projection?
>How to implement that under qgis?
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