diff --git a/pyglance/glance/compare.py b/pyglance/glance/compare.py
index 6c41c2e33d0cb6aba7951d51b10950664a592524..024bd0ffc527fea3600399c13c894884918b11f7 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/compare.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/compare.py
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ python -m glance.compare plotDiffs A.hdf B.hdf [optional output path]
             explanationName = name
             if (varRunInfo.has_key('alternate_name_in_B')) :
                 explanationName = explanationName + " / " + varRunInfo['alternate_name_in_B']
-            print('analyzing: ' + display_name + ' (' + explanationName + ')')
+            print('analyzing: ' + displayName + ' (' + explanationName + ')')
             
             # if B has an alternate variable name, figure that out
             has_alt_B_variable = False
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/plot.py b/pyglance/glance/plot.py
index 254e2788fce1f1f7b41572d77888cf69a024adfc..5bcc2c1d199adea2cff2f7b6d24a04c75db024de 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/plot.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/plot.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def _create_mapped_figure(data, latitude, longitude, boundingAxes, title,
         kwargs['cmap'] = colorMap
     
     # draw our data placed on a map
-    bMap, x, y = maps.mapshow(longitudeCleaned, latitudeCleaned, data, boundingAxes, #projection='sinu',
+    bMap, x, y = maps.mapshow(longitudeCleaned, latitudeCleaned, data, boundingAxes, projection='merc',
                               **kwargs)
     
     # and some informational stuff