Publication detail

Mercator's Projection- a Breakthrough in Maritime

HINTERLEITNER, I. SMETANOVÁ, D. VARGOVÁ, M. BIBA, V.

Original Title

Mercator's Projection- a Breakthrough in Maritime

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper is focused on Mercator’s projection as a breakthrough in maritime navigation. In the paper, the principle and properties of Mercator’s projection are described. The advantages, disadvantages and current utilization are mentioned.

Keywords

Mercator’s projection, navigation, mapping, azimuth

Authors

HINTERLEITNER, I.; SMETANOVÁ, D.; VARGOVÁ, M.; BIBA, V.

Released

28. 7. 2016

Publisher

University of Dubrovnik, Croatia

Location

Chorvatsko

ISBN

0469-6255

Periodical

Nase More

Year of study

63

Number

3

State

Republic of Croatia

Pages from

182

Pages to

184

Pages count

3

URL

http://hrcak.srce.hr/nase-more?lang=en

BibTex

@article{BUT126986,
  author="Irena {Hinterleitner} and Dana {Smetanová} and Michaela {Vargová} and Vladislav {Biba}",
  title="Mercator's Projection- a Breakthrough in Maritime",
  journal="Nase More",
  year="2016",
  volume="63",
  number="3",
  pages="182--184",
  doi="10.17818/NM/2016/SI19",
  issn="0469-6255",
  url="http://hrcak.srce.hr/nase-more?lang=en"
}