Episode #121 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Mercator.

Links:
- Mercator Projection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection?utm_source=wordtwit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wordtwit
- Mercator´s 500th birthday: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/03/05/mercators-500th-birthday/
- Peters Projection vs. Mercator Projection: http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030201b.htm
- The Beauty of Maps - Episode 1 - BBC Four: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndijfk-ayuI&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=SP8418C0F0EB1AF70D

Announcements:
- Highly Skilled Migration in the 21st Century
- 24 and 25 May
- Middlesex University
- London, GB
- http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/areas/social_policy/conferences.aspx

Quick Vote:
- "Hydraulic Fracturing"

Music:
Spinning Globes - Rocketship Park
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US iTunes-Link for the Band: ‘http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/rocketship-park/id275082776‘
German iTunes-Link for the Band: ‘http://itunes.apple.com/de/artist/rocketship-park/id275082776‘
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rocketship-Park/133844123352259

Cover:
This weeks episode cover is a mashup of the original Front Line Logo and this picture: http://peter.mackenzie.org/history/maps/Mercator_World_Map.jpg

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