[OSM-talk] db and user statistics update

[Johnny Doe]

--- "Robert (Jamie) Munro" <rjmunro at arjam.net> wrote:

> 
> Put it another way: if someone was to make a web
> site with something
> like a Peters projection, or a Buckminster Fullerine
> projection or any
> of the other weird and wonderful projections that
> exist, would that be
> any more / less "consistent" with our GPSes? Why
> would it matter?
> 
It matters because a coordinate system includes
projection and datum. Using a non-standard ellipsoid
(non-WGS84) hurts compatibility with other raster
data.

> Are you trying to say that there is a standard for
> tiling in Mercator
> projection written down somewhere, and we are
> breaking it? 

(Mercator,WGS84) pair is the standard. There may be
some convenience in using (Mercator,Airy1830) or some
other datum, but it's the same as "meter vs. inch"
arguement.




 
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