[josm-dev] Geometric calculations and projections

[Matthias Julius]

Anthony <osm at inbox.org> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Matthias Julius <lists at julius-net.net>wrote:
>
>> My point was that Wyoming *is* a rectangle in a Mercator projection.
>>
>
> Well, it would have been if they had surveyed it correctly:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=44.996&lon=-110.625&zoom=11&layers=B000FTF

Yes, I know.  Wikipedia also mentions that the border is actually up to
half a mile off.

Matthias