Well, not really. If you're navigating using a compass, then the Mercator projection has the really neat trick of making the rhumb lines straight while keeping coasts recognisable. It's just not a good projection for general purpose uses (unlike the Waterman Butterfly).

In short, fuck mercator

It's a belgian ad for a real estate firm.

Roughly translated the end says that Mercator can help you find a place to live by yourself.