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  2. Web Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    Services such as Google Maps cut off coverage at 85.051129° north and south. This is not a limitation for street maps, which is the primary purpose for such services. The value 85.051129° is the latitude at which the full projected map becomes a square, and is computed as given y = 0:

  3. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps Street View Trekker backpack being implemented on the sidewalk of the Hudson River Greenway in New York City. In late 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View, including 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) of the Australian Great Barrier Reef in 3D. The images are taken by special cameras which turn 360 degrees and take shots ...

  4. South Street (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    History. The 300 block of South Street at night from the corner of 3rd and South streets. South Street eastbound past 5th Street. South and Broad in the Avenue of the Arts area. Originally the southern border of William Penn 's 1682 city plan and officially named Cedar Street until 1854, [6] eastern South Street had been originally the center ...

  5. Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    Mercator 1569 world map ( Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata) showing latitudes 66°S to 80°N. The Mercator projection ( / mərˈkeɪtər /) is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

  6. South-up map orientation - Wikipedia

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    South-up map orientation is the orientation of a map with south up, at the top of the map, amounting to a 180-degree rotation of the map from the standard convention of north-up. Maps in this orientation are sometimes called upside down maps or reversed maps. [citation needed] Other maps with non-standard orientation include T and O maps, polar ...

  7. Wikipedia:Obtaining geographic coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Online application to acquire coordinates for any place on Earth. Supports more than 3,000 coordinate systems and 400 datums worldwide. Place pushpins on the map and calculates automatically the coordinates in the selected coordinate system or datum. Perform transformation between coordinate systems and/or datums.

  8. Lombard–South station - Wikipedia

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    Lombard–South station is located within short walking distance of the South Street Headhouse District (approximately 4-5 blocks east). Other area sights include the University of the Arts , Peirce College , and, approximately four blocks west, the Graduate Hospital campus and neighborhood.

  9. South Street station (MBTA) - Wikipedia

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    South Street. /  42.3395306°N 71.1574889°W  / 42.3395306; -71.1574889. South Street station is a light rail surface stop on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue east of South Street in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. South Street is the lowest-ridership stop on the B branch, with ...