Date:         Tue, 30 Dec 1997 20:53:52 -0600
Reply-To:     Jeff Shive <Jeffery.A.Shive@VANDERBILT.EDU>
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From:         Jeff Shive <Jeffery.A.Shive@VANDERBILT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Swedish Maps
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On 9 Dec 1997 14:48:46 GMT, I  wrote:
>I have been looking at (and using) the map data set called sweden
>to draw maps.  I would like to be able to place other objects
>on these maps (cities, weather stations, etc.)
>These are projected coordinates (not latitude and longitude)
>and APPEAR to be the coordinate system used in Sweden referred to
>as RT90.  Can anyone confirm this?  Or does anyone know what the
>coordinates represent.
>
 
I stared at the numbers last night and I decided that they are not RT90.
The north-south numbers looked reasonable, but east-west was off for
the one county I looked at.  It could be a transverse mercator projection
with the 'start' meridian different from RT90, but I figure that SOMEONE
out there must know (where did these numbers come from???).
 
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