It has no parallel sides
That's true of the Mercator projection, among others.
The parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude are all straight lines on the Mercator projection. That's why Greenland looks bigger than South America.
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Parallels are lines that run the same direction and are the always the same distance apart. On a map (and the Earth) the lines of latitude (measurement North and South of the equator) are parallel.
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a gnomonic map makes countries look longer, distorted, and hard to understand
Compare: Both Mercator and Gnomonic projections are commonly used for nautical purposes, such as routes for ships to take.Contrast: Gnomonic projections usually display a small area of the Earth, whereas a Mercator projection displays the entire Earth, but with distortions at the poles.
Land masses are distorted towards the edges of a gnomonic projection, with the distortion increasing as you move away from the center point. The distortion is most noticeable at the outer edges of the map, particularly near the poles.
Parallel projection does not produces realistic views whereas perspective projection produces realistic viewin parallel projection lines of projection are parallel whereas in perspective projection lines are not parallel and the point where these lines meets is called ceter of projection in case of perspective projection
A map projection that is used for sea travel includes the gnomonic projection. This was most often used to find the shortest routes between points on a sphere.
On a globe, parallels and meridians meet at right angles only at the equator and the poles. On a Mercator projection map, all meridians intersect the equator at right angles, while parallels intersect meridians at right angles throughout the map.
It's actually parallel to the parallels, since the parallels are by definition parallel to the equator.
Nothing is parallel to any meridian. The equator is a parallel of latitude, and is parallel to all the other parallels. This is a big part of the reason that, collectively, they are called 'parallels'.
Advantages: pinpoint accuracy, air traffic, and the only way to get the north and south pole. Disadvantages: Makes countries look longer, distorted, and hard to understand.
Parallels are lines that run east-west on the globe. Parallels are always parallel to each other and do not intersect. Parallels are measured in degrees of latitude. The equator is the most famous parallel, located at 0 degrees latitude.
Yes they are. They are parallel to the equator.