I have the following user guide page:
- http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTDOC/08+Google+Maps+Projection

As you can read on the page it looks like a specific Mercator1SPGoogle 
file is no longer needed; can you confirm this works so I can update the 
page?

> Hello everybody!
>
> I am trying to render maps in google mercator projection.
> I use geotools 2.4.1 so this must not be a problem.
> I found google mercator wkt
> (
>
> PROJCS["WGS84 / Google Mercator",  GEOGCS["WGS 84",    DATUM["World 
> Geodetic System 1984",      SPHEROID["WGS 84", 6378137.0, 
> 298.257223563, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],      
> AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],    PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, 
> AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],    UNIT["degree", 0.017453292519943295],    
> AXIS["Longitude", EAST],    AXIS["Latitude", NORTH],    
> AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],  PROJECTION["Mercator_1SP"], 
>  PARAMETER["semi_minor", 6378137.0],  PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin", 
> 0.0],  PARAMETER["central_meridian", 0.0],  PARAMETER["scale_factor", 
> 1.0],  PARAMETER["false_easting", 0.0],  PARAMETER["false_northing", 
> 0.0],  UNIT["m", 1.0],  AXIS["x", EAST],  AXIS["y", NORTH], 
>  AUTHORITY["EPSG","900913"]]
>
> )
> Geotools parses wkt without exceptions.
>
> I attached example code which renders Russia map and some lines grid 
> on it (The code is minimized as possible). Grid step is 25 degrees.
> Render resulting image can be found here: 
> http://ds.azcltd.com/quickStart/compareProjections.gif glued with 
> google map tile with same area ( latitude between 0 and 85 longitude 
> between 0 and 180). Image size is also similar (256 x 256)
> Why google and geotools does not give similar results ?
> Why grid on my image is having equal vertical distances between grid 
> lines? Isn't mercator projection result in larger distances when 
> approaching to south pole?
> If google maps would have a grid we will be seeing this effect on 
> google's tiles. Am I wrong?
>
> What do I have to do with attached code to get same result as google 
> gives?
>
> Somebody, please, help me.


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