[josm-dev] Change JOSM default projection from EPSG:4326 to Mercartor?

[Gervase Markham]

Andy Robinson wrote:
> I agree, I certainly think it would be more intuitive for new users of
> JOSM to have the Mercator projection by default as that looks so much
> closer to the spherical projection of the OSM map tiles and the view
> in Potlatch.

I also agree. This completely fooled me when I started; I couldn't 
figure out why circles were not circles. Also, it means that WMS data 
like the NPE maps is less distorted, because it's all on that projection 
(I think).

Gerv