[OSM-dev] Y-Boundary of Mercator-Projection

[Matthias Brandt]

Tom Hughes wrote:
> Matthias Brandt wrote:
>
>> i've searched the archive of this mailinglist and the wiki about the 
>> magical y-boundary set to 85.05113° (respective 180° projected) in 
>> the Mercator Projection.
>
> Did you have an alternative value in mind?
Not really. But I would like to know, if there is any reason for this. 
I'm writing my Bachelorthesis about OpenStreetMaps and I would like to 
explain this bound.

Matthias