Mercator is famous for a world map projection used in navigation.
墨卡托以一种用于航海的世界地图投影而闻名。
Although the Mercator projection preserves angles well, it greatly distorts the size of regions near the poles, which can mislead readers about relative area.
尽管墨卡托投影能很好地保持角度,但它会严重夸大靠近两极地区的面积,从而可能误导读者对相对大小的判断。