On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Hamish <hamis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > IIUC generally it is not a good idea to stray more than half a zone > beyond your central UTM zone. UTM is built for use in narrow strips and > local maps. For continental scale work it would be better to reproject > into an all covering projection, perhaps LCC or Albers. > > I suggest that you ask the experts on the PROJ.4 mailing list for a > commonly used projection for the entire Med, or what should go into a > custom one.
The PVGIS people (JRC) use the projection Lambert azimuthal equal area for the Mediterranean Basin, Africa and South-West Asia http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis/info/faq.htm Might be an option (I would also ask on the PROJ.4 mailing list, though). Markus _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
