Comment on All Maps in China are TransformedparentComments−alexqgb14yIndeed, Sniffnoy - thanks for sorting out my terminology. Great circles is exactly what I meant.−Sniffnoy14yReally? I think you meant rhumb lines. :) They're both important, just for different reasons; and it's rhumb lines that are easily visible on a Mercator projection and that were so useful for navigation.
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Indeed, Sniffnoy - thanks for sorting out my terminology. Great circles is exactly what I meant.
Really? I think you meant rhumb lines. :) They're both important, just for different reasons; and it's rhumb lines that are easily visible on a Mercator projection and that were so useful for navigation.