[OpenStreetMap] #1612: allow map call spanning 180th meridian

[OpenStreetMap]

#1612: allow map call spanning 180th meridian
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  Reporter:  robx    |      Owner:  rails-dev@…
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  minor   |  Milestone:  Wishlist
 Component:  api     |    Version:
Resolution:          |   Keywords:
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Comment (by pnorman):

 > The related ticket  https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/1647 was
 recently closed arguing that the OSM world is defined to be a rectangle. I
 rather see this part of the data model as undefined, does anyone have a
 reference for this definition?

 In documentation
 * [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WGS84 OpenStreetMap uses the WGS-84
 coordinate system]
 * [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Node Latitude coordinate in degrees
 (North of equator is positive) using the standard WGS84 projection]
 * [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Node Longitude coordinate in degrees
 (East of Greenwich is positive) using the standard WGS84 projection]

 WGS84 has bounds of [http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/4326/ -180, -90,
 180, 90]

 More importantly than the wiki, in practice data consumers treat OSM data
 as being in WGS84. These consumers include
 - osm2pgsql
 - imposm
 - nominatim
 - osmosis
 - coastcheck
 - OSMCoastline
 - cgimap
 - the rails port
 - ...

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/1612#comment:16>
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