Guys I'm so glad I decided to join this community. Lots of other places would not have given such a prompt and verbose response. I'll be working on this tonight and will get back to you with any results or questions.
On Aug 9, 2013, at 7:43 AM, "Stewart C. Russell" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13-08-09 01:59 AM, Jim Gibson wrote: >> >> For the correct way to project latitude, longitude into a local, flat, >> rectilinear plane, see here: >> <http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.htm#flat> > > To add to what Jim said: there is no one correct projection that > maintains distance, angle and/or area beyond a local area. *All* maps > are distorted: you just have to choose the projection that best suits > your purpose. > > (Example: I'm originally from the UK. The maps of the British Isles I'm > used to are in the Ordinance Survey grid projection. This makes the main > axis of the biggest island appear upright and ram-rod straight, pulling > in Wales as a trim little belly. On almost every other projection, the > British Isles are much more laid back, with Wales looking like it's used > to having a good few pints of an evening.) > > cheers, > Stewart > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
