NMercatorProjection Class
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Implements the Mercator projection.
Object Model
Syntax
'Declaration<System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIncludeAttribute(Nevron.Diagram.Maps.NAitoffProjection)> <System.SerializableAttribute()> Public Class NMercatorProjection Inherits NMapProjection
'UsageDim instance As NMercatorProjection
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlInclude(Nevron.Diagram.Maps.NAitoffProjection)] [System.Serializable()] public class NMercatorProjection : NMapProjection
Remarks
This map projection introduced in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator. It is often described as a cylindrical projection, but it must be derived mathematically. The meridians are equally spaced, parallel vertical lines, and the parallels of latitude are parallel, horizontal straight lines, spaced farther and farther apart as their distance from the Equator increases. This projection is widely used for navigation charts, because any straight line on a Mercator-projection map is a line of constant true bearing that enables a navigator to plot a straight-line course. It is less practical for world maps because the scale is distorted; areas farther away from the equator appear disproportionately large. On a Mercator projection, for example, the landmass of Greenland appears to be greater than that of the continent of South America; in actual area, Greenland is smaller than the Arabian Peninsula.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Nevron.Diagram.Maps.NMapProjection
Nevron.Diagram.Maps.NMercatorProjection
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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