Discussion
The Mercator projection is
Answer: A
Correct answer: conformal and cylindrical
Mercator is the conformal cylindrical projection, and the two properties are linked in its construction: the parallel spacing is stretched northwards by exactly the amount needed to match the east-west stretching, so that shape is preserved locally. The price is area, which grows without limit towards the poles - a projection can be conformal or equal-area, never both.
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