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:revdate: 2020/07/22
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-This article describes JME's mercator projection tool. If you don't know what this means, we suggest you begin by reading link:http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_American_Practical_Navigator[The American Practical Navigator] or browsing Wikipedia. If you do know what a Mercator projection is, then our “Introduction to Marine Navigation might serve to refresh your mind.
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+This article describes JME's mercator projection tool. If you don't know what this means, we suggest you begin by reading link:http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_American_Practical_Navigator[The American Practical Navigator] or browsing Wikipedia. If you do know what a Mercator projection is, then our "`Introduction`" to Marine Navigation might serve to refresh your mind.
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link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude[Wikipedia] is a source for formulas shown here. Read it. Absorb it.
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*Terms, Conventions and Definitions*
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-*Charts* are defined as “graphic representations of areas of the earth for use in marine or air navigation whereby nautical charts depict features of particular interest to the marine navigator[1].
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+*Charts* are defined as "`graphic`" representations of areas of the earth for use in marine or air navigation whereby nautical charts depict features of particular interest to the marine navigator[1].
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*Prime Meridian* designates the Greenwich meridian as of 1884.
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[1] Nathaniel Bowditch (1995), The American Practical Navigator,. United States Government, National Ocean Service Publishing.
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-[2] Gebruers C., “JMarine
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+[2] Gebruers C., "`JMarine`"
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