What type of map is best suited for maritime navigation?

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anonymous · Answer

Conic projection

anonymous · Answer

A. Topographic
B. Geologic
C. Mercator projection
D. Conic projection

anonymous · Answer

n both maritime and aviation use, they are referred to as charts, not maps. 

go with conic projection as having the least distortion for marine use.

anonymous · Answer

thank you so much! ive been stuck on this question foever

anonymous · Answer

i just read this somewhere........

The Mercator is the most common projection used in maritime navigation, primarily because rhumb lines plot as straight lines.

In a simple conic projection, points on the surface of the earth are transferred to a tangent cone. In the Lambert conformal projection, the cone intersects the earth (a secant cone) at two small circles. In a polyconic projection, a series of tangent cones is used