The mercator projection, which you read about, is a popular map for plotting courses. what one characteristic of this projection remains true or undistorted no matter where you are on a map of this type?
One of the Characteristic is The rhumb lines are constant. On every Mercator projection maps, any rhumb line will always be a straight line; witht he assumption that the map had 360 degrees of longitude) The projection of south and north pole on this projection occur at infinity.
