[OSM-dev] Map distortions in JOSM

Matthias Julius lists at julius-net.net
Mon Nov 26 18:13:31 GMT 2007


Jon Burgess <jburgess777 at googlemail.com> writes:

> - mercator should give a square x/y grid in metres. 

Well, not exactly. Mercator gives a x/y grid in mercator
coordinates. The scaling factor depends on the latitude.

Matthias





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