Mercator Puzzle
Today I want to share a link to a game that is useful for learning how the Mercator projection distorts the shape of countries closer to the poles. This game is made by Google who uses the Mercator projection for their maps due the square grid which makes it easy to make tiles (Google’s map tiles are 256 x 256 pixels in size). Speaking of projections, XKCD has a good and fun webcomic about map projections. On the website of Steve Waterman it’s possible to learn more about the Waterman butterfly projection, and he also have a poem where he compares his projection to other map projections. Here’s the Mercator Puzzle