[OSM-talk] JOSM display is squashed

2009-09-15 Thread d f
Hi I've downloaded some data to JOSM but the data is squashed in appearance in the north-south direction. It causes inaccuracies when I map. For instance i drew a rectangle at about 45 degrees, but when it showed in mapnik it looked like a parallelogram. I've downloaded the latest Java JOSM.

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM display is squashed

2009-09-15 Thread Jack Stringer
Use Potlach ;-) Jack On Sep 15, 2009 7:22 PM, d f fac63te...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi I've downloaded some data to JOSM but the data is squashed in appearance in the north-south direction. It causes inaccuracies when I map. For instance i drew a rectangle at about 45 degrees, but when it showed in

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM display is squashed

2009-09-15 Thread Blaž Lorger
Use Mercator projection. But be careful. I think you have to use WGS84 for tracing over aerial imagery. Blaž On Tuesday 15 September 2009 20:18:57 d f wrote: Hi I've downloaded some data to JOSM but the data is squashed in appearance in the north-south direction. It causes inaccuracies

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM display is squashed

2009-09-15 Thread Robert Scott
On Tuesday 15 September 2009, Blaž Lorger wrote: Use Mercator projection. But be careful. I think you have to use WGS84 for tracing over aerial imagery. WGS84 is a datum* not a projection. A datum maps points around the earth to lat/lon. A projection maps lat/lon points to the screen/paper

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM display is squashed

2009-09-15 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Martes, 15 de Septiembre de 2009, Robert Scott escribió: On Tuesday 15 September 2009, Blaž Lorger wrote: Use Mercator projection. But be careful. I think you have to use WGS84 for tracing over aerial imagery. WGS84 is a datum* not a projection. A datum maps points around the earth to