Web Mercator projection
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web-mercator-projection-169-12552207
title:
Web Mercator projection
text:
Web Mercator, Google Web Mercator, Spherical Mercator, WGS 84 Web Mercator or WGS 84/Pseudo-Mercator is a variant of the Mercator map projection and is the de facto standard for Web mapping applications. It rose to prominence when Google Maps adopted it in 2005. It is used by virtually all major online map providers, including Google Maps, CARTO, Mapbox, Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapquest, Esri, and many others. Its official EPSG identifier is EPSG:3857, although others have been used historical
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Mercator variant map projection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator_projection
date created:
2014-08-06T12:29:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:20:45Z
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image:
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13
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