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Which phrase describes a feature of a Mercator projection? is least commonly used sizes most features to scale presents longitude lines as parallel shows most accurately near the prime meridian

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User Triston
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C.) presents longitude lines as parallel

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presents longitude lines as parallel

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The Mercator projection shows longitude lines as parallel, hence greatly distorts sizes and distances near the poles. A useful feature is that a course of constant bearing shows as a straight line.

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