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  2. Web Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    Web Mercator, Google Web Mercator, Spherical Mercator, WGS 84 Web Mercator [1] or WGS 84/Pseudo-Mercator is a variant of the Mercator map projection and is the de facto standard for Web mapping applications. It rose to prominence when Google Maps adopted it in 2005. [2] It is used by virtually all major online map providers, including Google ...

  3. Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Hawaii. Hawaii ( / həˈwaɪ.i / ⓘ hə-WY-ee; [9] Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. It is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the ...

  4. World map - Wikipedia

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    A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.

  5. Template talk:GeoTemplate - Wikipedia

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    Popular ----- Bing Maps Google Maps Google Earth OpenStreetMap These are great, but their zoom levels are all only "way zoomed out". And to zoom in to see the actual building, etc, in most map services the target slides off the edge as we hit the "+" button over and over, and we have to reposition: big hassle.

  6. File:Vermont in United States (zoom).svg - Wikipedia

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    Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. 18:41, 30 July 2011. 1,181 × 731 (3.73 MB) The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed): List of Vermont state symbols. List of people from Vermont.

  7. File:Delaware in United States (zoom).svg - Wikipedia

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    File:Delaware in United States (zoom).svg. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 800 × 495 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 198 pixels | 640 × 396 pixels | 1,024 × 634 pixels | 1,280 × 792 pixels | 2,560 × 1,585 pixels | 1,181 × 731 pixels. Original file ‎ (SVG file, nominally 1,181 × 731 pixels, file size: 2.34 MB) This is a ...

  8. Map - Wikipedia

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    A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard ...

  9. File:Map of USA and Canada, NBA, zoom.svg - Wikipedia

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    File:Map of USA and Canada, NBA, zoom.svg. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 800 × 567 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 227 pixels | 640 × 454 pixels | 1,024 × 726 pixels | 1,280 × 908 pixels | 2,560 × 1,815 pixels | 1,100 × 780 pixels. Original file ‎ (SVG file, nominally 1,100 × 780 pixels, file size: 184 KB) This is a ...