MercatorProjection Class

The Mercator projection: conformal (it keeps the angles and the shapes of small areas), it enlarges the areas far from the equator. The poles are at infinity: the latitudes are limited to ±85.05°, where the world map is a square, as on the tiles of web maps.

public sealed class MercatorProjection : GeoProjection
Inheritance
GeoProjection MercatorProjection

Constructors

NameDescription
MercatorProjection()

MercatorProjection()

public MercatorProjection()

No documentation is available.

Properties

NameDescription
MaxLatitudeGets the largest latitude the projection draws, in degrees: GeoProjection.Project moves the latitudes past it to it. The default is 90.

Gets the largest latitude the projection draws, in degrees: GeoProjection.Project moves the latitudes past it to it. The default is 90.

public override double MaxLatitude { get; }

Property value

double