[OSM-dev] OSM and OpenLayers Projections

[mike]

>
> OpenStreetMap tile data is projected.


Sorry if this is another really dumb question (or set of questions) but why
is osm tile data projected?  Is this a unique projection for OSM?  What are
the reasons for choosing it?

Is there a wiki page for this?

cheers, just trying to understand it all.

mike
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