Comment on The True Size of Africa - Misleading MapsparentComments−micampe13yGoogle Maps itself is mercator when fully zoomed out.−ygra13yAlso when zoomed in. For computer maps it certainly has nice properties when your map is rectangular. Not that Mercator is the only one that is, but it's probably the most-widely known.
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Google Maps itself is mercator when fully zoomed out.
Also when zoomed in. For computer maps it certainly has nice properties when your map is rectangular. Not that Mercator is the only one that is, but it's probably the most-widely known.