File:Mercator and straightened rhumb.svg

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DescriptionMercator and straightened rhumb.svg	English: A rhumb line at 45 degrees to meridians is transferred from sphere to the the plane chart (equirectangular projection). The parallels are adjusted upwards to give a straight line as for the Mercator projection.
Date	1 March 2010
Source	Own work
Author	Peter Mercator

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:27, 3 August 2010	944 × 456 (124 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	Re-assemble components in new file.
	10:06, 3 August 2010	1,055 × 567 (112 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	whoops.
	10:03, 3 August 2010	744 × 1,052 (2 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	dis-assembled and objects transferred to new svg file.
	09:35, 3 August 2010	1,238 × 520 (71 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	further test
	09:17, 3 August 2010	1,238 × 520 (94 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	Further tests
	09:10, 3 August 2010	939 × 461 (92 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	Further tests
	08:55, 3 August 2010	939 × 461 (91 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	Try again.
	08:50, 3 August 2010	977 × 471 (92 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	Convert textsome text to path
	19:17, 30 July 2010	977 × 471 (76 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	Add clear line to right of text.
	19:12, 30 July 2010	954 × 461 (76 KB)	Peter Mercator (talk \| contribs)	So it's not a font problem!