You can almost say that the "opposite" of the Plate Carree is the Mercator projection which stretches areas close to the poles in the opposite direction, making them look very big.

墨卡托投影可以认为是这种投影的反面，因为墨卡托投影下两极方向的面积被放大了。

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It is right next to the city's most famous Roman monument, the so-called Maison Carree--a Corinthian temple dedicated to Augustus' sons in the year A.D. 4.

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