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Mercator Sailing refers to technique used to deal with the problem of course and distance in the maritime world.
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What is Equivalent of 1 knot in Mercator sailing?
If you are asking the DISTANCE equivalent, 1 nautical mile (knot) is roughly 1.1508 miles.
What does the nautical mean?
Nautical has to do with the sea, or well, sailing, and anything that relates as such. Nautical has to do with the sea, or well, sailing, and anything that relates as such.
What does the word nautical mean?
Nautical has to do with the sea, or well, sailing, and anything that relates as such. Nautical has to do with the sea, or well, sailing, and anything that relates as such.
What is gerardus mercator famous for?
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) developed a method (Mercator cylindrical projection) of displaying the Earth's surface (which is curved) as a flat nautical map. On his map of 1569, sailing courses along a fixed bearing appeared as straight lines with the proper angle to the meridians. (But areas nearer the equator appear smaller than similar areas nearer the poles.) This map could not be fully applied to its intended use (sailing) until nearly 200 years later.
What was the original purpose of the mercator projection?
The application was ocean navigation; for nautical purposes.
What map would a sailor use?
The Mercator projection is the standard for nautical navigation.
What are nautical maps used for?
when a pilot use a nautical map they can see what place they are going to.
How many nautical miles sailing from sf to monterey?
both cities in Ca. - 82 mi = 71.25 nautical miles
What is the Sailing distance from New York to Naples Italy?
the answer is 4,188 Nautical miles
Compare and contrast mercator and gnomonic projections?
Compare: Both Mercator and Gnomonic projections are commonly used for nautical purposes, such as routes for ships to take.Contrast: Gnomonic projections usually display a small area of the Earth, whereas a Mercator projection displays the entire Earth, but with distortions at the poles.
What type of map is a Mercator map?
Mercator is not a map, but a map projection, i.e. a way of representing the continents on a map. The Mercator projection is only accurate between 30 degrees north and south latitude. The further away you go from that point, the greater the exaggeration.
What is the sailing distance between Tampa and Baltimore?
872 miles, 757.3 nautical miles.
