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  2. Web Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    Properties [ edit] Web Mercator is a slight variant of the Mercator projection, one used primarily in Web-based mapping programs. It uses the same formulas as the standard Mercator as used for small-scale maps. However, the Web Mercator uses the spherical formulas at all scales whereas large-scale Mercator maps normally use the ellipsoidal form ...

  3. Portal:Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Flag of Nigeria. Nigeria ( / naɪˈdʒɪəriə / ⓘ ny-JEER-ee-ə ), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi), and with a population of over 230 ...

  4. Web browser - Wikipedia

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    A web browser is an application for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user's screen.

  5. Video portal - Wikipedia

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    Video portal. A video portal is a website offering user created or professionally created video content. Furthermore, it is video content management system, providing further access to a variety of visual sources with an interaction for users to upload, make, create, and make modifications to videos. Content creators, who have the ability to ...

  6. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [10] This enables investigations across many fields of astronomy and cosmology, such as observation of the first stars and the formation of the first galaxies ...

  7. Library portal - Wikipedia

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    A library portal is an interface to access library resources and services through a single access and management point for users: for example, by combining the circulation and catalog functions of an integrated library system (ILS) with additional tools and facilities.

  8. Portal:Heraldry/Web resources - Wikipedia

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    The American College of Heraldry. The American Heraldry Society. The Augustan Society. The Australian Heraldry Society Inc. Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society. The Center for Research of Orthodox Monarchism. Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society. Chiltern Heraldry Group.

  9. Web engineering - Wikipedia

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    Web engineering focuses on the methodologies, techniques, and tools that are the foundation of Web application development and which support their design, development, evolution, and evaluation. Web application development has certain characteristics that make it different from traditional software, information systems, or computer application development.