diff --git a/pyglance/glance/compare.py b/pyglance/glance/compare.py
index 024bd0ffc527fea3600399c13c894884918b11f7..5e7738a90255807c36fa84cf13d6e18a3cb67faa 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/compare.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/compare.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def _check_lon_lat_equality(longitudeA, latitudeA,
     lon_lat_not_equal_mask = ((abs(longitudeDiff) > llepsilon) | (abs(latitudeDiff)  > llepsilon)) & (~combinedIgnoreMask)  \
                              & finiteLatitudeMask & finiteLongitudeMask
     lon_lat_not_equal_points_count = sum(lon_lat_not_equal_mask.ravel())
-    lon_lat_not_equal_points_percent = float(lon_lat_not_equal_points_count) / float(lon_lat_not_equal_mask.size)
+    lon_lat_not_equal_points_percent = (float(lon_lat_not_equal_points_count) / float(lon_lat_not_equal_mask.size)) * 100.0
     
     # if we have unequal points, create user legible info about the problem
     if (lon_lat_not_equal_points_count > 0) :
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/plot.py b/pyglance/glance/plot.py
index 5bcc2c1d199adea2cff2f7b6d24a04c75db024de..a63ef922e655451e0afbb0c00211ccbf4d086df7 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='merc',
+    bMap, x, y = maps.mapshow(longitudeCleaned, latitudeCleaned, data, boundingAxes, #projection='merc',
                               **kwargs)
     
     # and some informational stuff