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Mercator: Extreme
An interactive playground to explore the extreme distortions of the Mercator projection. Set any point on Earth as the new North Pole. Warp the map in real-time. See the world in a whole new way.
Now knowing that horizontal and vertical lines represent distance and bearing, if we center the pole on a major city, we can visualize its transportation network in a whole new way. Beltways and ring roads become vertical frontiers, while highways become a dendritic network branching off to destinations in all directions. We can see all of Atlanta's highway links in a single view, including the special few that make it as far as New York, St. Louis, Dallas, and Miami.
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