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Make very detailed SVG map of world country borders and administrative objects

I need very detailed map for my project, in Mercator projection. I tried to find downloadable resources, even not free, but all that I have found is in very bad resolution. I need as much detailed ...
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Why does the calculation for y-value (when converting from lat/long to a Mercator x,y) involve the width of the map?

I have been looking into converting latitude and longitude into x and y coordinates. This link (first answer) provides a perfect answer for me, but I am wondering why it works. I have figured out why ...
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Calculating latitude from X,Y-coordinates on Mercator projection

I have a task to create a map of a specified section of the world. In particular, I need to map everything between the 120E and 100W longitudes and everything between the 60S and 30N latitudes mapped (...
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