The Web Mercator projection is almost indistinguishable at global scale from a Mercator projection cropped to around 85°N to 85°SHomepage of OpenStreetMap in 2018. The standard style for OpenStreetMap, like most Web maps, uses the Web Mercator projection
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 Maps, CARTO, Mapbox,[3] Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapquest, Esri, and many others.[4] Its official EPSG identifier is EPSG:3857, although others have been used historically.
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^"Google Maps & Earth Help Forum". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^"Our Map Data". MapBox. Retrieved June 20, 2018. Mapbox supports the popular Web Mercator projection, and currently does not support any other projections for display.
^Battersby, Sarah E.; Finn, Michael P.; Usery, E. Lynn; Yamamoto, Kristina H. (2014). "Implications of Web Mercator and Its Use in Online Mapping" (PDF). Cartographica. 49 (2): 92. doi:10.3138/carto.49.2.2313. S2CID 6403891. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015.
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