[OSM-talk] South Pole?

[Nathan Edgars II]

Nakor Osm wrote:
> 
> Did the South Pole move? 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=0&lon=0&zoom=17&layers=M
> 
> More seriously there is no data there and I am wondering why it displays 
> "South Pole"
> 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/436012592

Remember that the Mercator projection chokes on infinities at the poles;
apparently Mapnik resolves it by using 0 latitude.
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