Re: [postgis-users] suitable projection in metric system ?

2010-11-05 Thread Andreas Forø Tollefsen
Thanks for this info. Could someone recommend a global metric projection as well? I need to use the geometry type due to some functions in postgis. 2010/11/5 Francis Markham fmark...@gmail.com Hi Ahmet, My quick Googling hasn't come up with a widely used pre-defined projection for Turkey

Re: [postgis-users] suitable projection in metric system ?

2010-11-05 Thread ahmet temiz
thank you Emily Francis. Answers were very valuable indeed. kind regards 05 Kasım 2010 02:16 tarihinde Francis Markham fmark...@gmail.com yazdı: Hi Ahmet, My quick Googling hasn't come up with a widely used pre-defined projection for Turkey that is non zonal (either UTM or Gauss-Kruger),

Re: [postgis-users] suitable projection in metric system ?

2010-11-05 Thread Emilie Laffray
2010/11/5 Andreas Forø Tollefsen andrea...@gmail.com Thanks for this info. Could someone recommend a global metric projection as well? I need to use the geometry type due to some functions in postgis. Apart from using the type geography (geodesic support), there is no global (as in world)

[postgis-users] suitable projection in metric system ?

2010-11-04 Thread ahmet temiz
hello I was wondering if you could tell me which projection in metric system is suitable for whole country (TURKEY) ? I thought to use UTM, but it has three different zones. If you answer me, I will appreciate regards -- Ahmet Temiz Jeoloji Müh. Planlama ve Zarar Azaltma Dairesi Başkanlığı

Re: [postgis-users] suitable projection in metric system ?

2010-11-04 Thread Emilie Laffray
2010/11/4 ahmet temiz ahmettemi...@gmail.com hello I was wondering if you could tell me which projection in metric system is suitable for whole country (TURKEY) ? I thought to use UTM, but it has three different zones. If you answer me, I will appreciate If you are using Postgis 1.5, I

Re: [postgis-users] suitable projection in metric system ?

2010-11-04 Thread Francis Markham
Hi Ahmet, My quick Googling hasn't come up with a widely used pre-defined projection for Turkey that is non zonal (either UTM or Gauss-Kruger), at least not in the EPSG database. Apparently, MapInfo ships with a Turkish Lambert projection in its