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Subject:        Re: Lat/long in Google maps
Date:   Tue, 7 Aug 2007 14:12:47 -0500
From:   Nat Case <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



>Date:   Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:10:25 -0400
>From:   Stacey D. Maples <[log in to unmask]>


>FYI, I think that the Google Earth is using the
>Platte Carre projection.

Nope, good ol' Mercator. Hence it is conformal at all scales...
Actually an application where it makes a lot of sense, since it is
mostly used at large scales.

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Nat Case
Hedberg Maps, Inc

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