[OSM-talk] georeferencing OSM

Russ Nelson nelson at crynwr.com
Mon Mar 7 22:37:35 GMT 2011


Łukasz Stelmach writes:
 > Hello.
 > 
 > This has been discussed[1] some time ago but the answer is somehow
 > unclear to me. I understand that EPSG:900913 is (may be?) a crappy
 > projection[2].

There is no such thing as a crappy projection. Every projection is a
compromise, and every projection has its purpose and its ill-use. It
may be a poor projection for OSM. I don't know.

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