Mathematical Principles for Scientific Computing and Visualization  
http://www.farinhansford.com/books/scv
by Gerald Farin and Dianne Hansford


This notebook illustrates a Mercator map of the world. 

See Chapter 3: Coordinate Systems for details.

Updated May 2008

<<"WorldPlot`"

SetDirectory[ToFileName[Extract["FileName"/.NotebookInformation[EvaluationNotebook[]],{1},FrontEnd`FileName]]];


world=WorldPlot[{World,RandomGrays},WorldToGraphics->True]

(* Export["world.eps",world]; *)