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Mercator and straightened rhumb.svg en rhumb line at degrees to meridians is transferred from sphere to the the plane chart equirectangular projection The parallels are adjusted upwards to give straight line as for the Mercator projection own Peter Mercator Equirectangular projection Mercator projections Loxodrome SVG diagrams