This is the so-called “Mercator point” 📍 in northwestern Germany near the Dutch border. Cartographer Gerhard Mercator lived there for a few years as a child.

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    11 days ago

    Cartographer Gerhard Mercator lived there for a few years as a child.

    Oh, I thought this was going to be something like the prime meridian, but for the mercator projection

    Still cool