[OSM-talk] Wrong scale in slippy map

[Lars Aronsson]

Peter Childs wrote:

> They don't look large, but they do looked stretched, ie the wrong
> shape. 100 Pixels East West is NOT the same distance as 100 pixels
> North South. It also makes the scale pointless as you need one for
> North-South and a different for East-West.

Ehhmm, no.  This is wrong.  The Merkator projection does preserve 
shape.  As you go north, the east-west scale stretches and so does 
the north-south scale.


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