Cartography (Mercator Projection)
Development of new map projections, like Mercator's, aiding navigation for global exploration by representing lines of constant course (rhumb lines) as straight segments.
Core metadata
- ID: cartography_mercator_projection
- Era: Renaissance
- First known date: 1569 (exact)
- Region: Duisburg / Low Countries
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Cartography (cartography)
- Geometry (geometry)
- Mathematics (mathematics)
- Navigation (navigation)
- Printing Press (printing_press)
Dependents
- Double-Hulled Ship Designs (double_hulled_ship_designs)
- Map Projection Science (map_projection_science)
- Naval Logbooks (naval_logbooks)
- Printed Map Atlases (printed_map_atlases)
- Triangulation Surveying (triangulation_surveying)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Gerardus Mercator (National Geographic Society, 2023, review) • Supports: node
- Mercator, World Map (1569) (University of Oxford, Cabinet, 2026, museum) • Supports: node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 5
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 4
- expert_inference: 5
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartography (cartography) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Cartography provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Mathematics (mathematics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Mathematics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Printing Press (printing_press) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Printing Press provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Geometry (geometry) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Geometry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Navigation (navigation) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Navigation provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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