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From: Ernie Wright <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Flat, not Mercator
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> ... a genuine mercator projection of the moon.  Cylindrical map to
> sphere, ...

> Try a black on white mercator projection of a globe map.

> ... a proper projection map of the moon similar to that famous "Earth
> From Space" poster, which is the perfect projection (the name of which
> escapes me at the moment) for mapping onto a sphere in LW.

If you need a fancy name, it's called "cylindrical equirectangular," but
"flat" is fine.  Permanently erase from your minds the name "Mercator."
It's not the same, and it ain't what you want.

- Ernie
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