[OSM-talk] gdalwarp question

[Russ Nelson]

On May 2, 2009, at 8:53 AM, Torsten Mohr wrote:
>
> But cstr_4.tif is "distorted", Africa is at 20% from the top, 40%  
> from the top
> begins Antarctica and goes down to the bottom (100%).

There are a bunch of projections that don't work near the poles.  I'm  
not an expert, and my book on projections is home, but it's quite  
possible that your chosen projection cannot properly represent the  
poles.

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