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Orthomorphic vs Mercator - What's the difference?

orthomorphic | mercator |


As an adjective orthomorphic

is (cartography) conformal.

As a noun mercator is

pertaining to an orthomorphic map projection, in which meridians appear at right-angles to the equator, and lines of latitude are horizontal lines whose distance from each other increases with distance from the equator.