Today's Trivia Question - August 12, 2013 - Day 2 of TTT2 Workshop

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Georeferencing Working Group (GWG)

What cartographer invented a map where parallels and meridians are straight lines spaced in order to produce at any point, an accurate ratio of latitude to longitude and where was he from?

Submitted by frableb on

Gerardus Mercator made the Mercator Porjection in Louvain, Belgium (then part of the Holy Roman Empire)

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