[josm-dev] projection Mercator, set EPSG 3785 instead of EPSG 3857

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

M?rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> JOSM currently does not permit to set the Google / Bing / standard
> Mapnik projection if I interpret this right (there is "Mercator" which
> is  EPSG 3857 according to JOSM). Wouldn't it be better to set EPSG
> 3785 (aka 900913) as "Mercator"? 

EPSG:3857 is the "correct" number of this projection. 3785 is 
deprecated. See 
http://viswaug.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/gis-standards-gone-crazy-epsg-especially/

All, including 900913, mean the same.

Bye
Frederik

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