[OSM-dev] OSM and OpenLayers Projections

[D Tucny]

On 11/08/07, mike <mike at bristolbeat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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?
>

FYI, this link (http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=4) has some nice
illustrations of a couple of different projections showing visually what
sort of issues they try to avoid and what they introduce...

d
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