Happy Belated Birthday, Gerhardus Mercator!

It has come to our attention that Monday, March 5, 2012, was the 500th birthday of Gerhardus Mercator, the man responsible for the Mercator Projection!  Here are a few blogs/websites that joined in the celebration.

• ESRI paid a nice homage to Mercator on their blog: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/03/05/mercators-500th-birthday/

• Directions Magazine is honoring the big birthday with a free map literacy book download which is available until the end of the month:  http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/free-map-literacy-book-for-mercators-birthday/236740

• http://merc500.blogspot.com/ - This website is devoted to all things Mercator.