- From: Byron Cochrane <bcochrane@linz.govt.nz>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:14:36 +1200
- To: Linda van den Brink <l.vandenbrink@geonovum.nl>, "SDW WG (public-sdw-wg@w3.org)" <public-sdw-wg@w3.org>
Nice introduction to projections. Here is another that goes a little more in depth of the problems of using Web Mercator to do any sort of measurement or analysis. https://glenbambrick.com/2016/02/03/web-mercator-fallacy/ Byron ________________________________________ From: Linda van den Brink [l.vandenbrink@geonovum.nl] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 11:06 PM To: SDW WG (public-sdw-wg@w3.org) Subject: The real size of Africa http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/18/africa/real-size-of-africa/ A nice article with very helpful illustrations to explain the problem of projections, in particular Mercator. ______________________________________ Geonovum Linda van den Brink Adviseur Geo-standaarden a: Barchman Wuytierslaan 10, 3818 LH Amersfoort p: Postbus 508, 3800 AM Amersfoort t: + 31 (0)33 46041 00 m: + 31 (0)6 1355 57 92 e: l.vandenbrink@geonovum.nl<mailto:r.beltman@geonovum.nl> i: www.geonovum.nl<http://www.geonovum.nl/> tw: @brinkwoman This message contains information, which may be in confidence and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately (Phone 0800 665 463 or info@linz.govt.nz) and destroy the original message. LINZ accepts no responsibility for changes to this email, or for any attachments, after its transmission from LINZ. Thank You.
Received on Thursday, 15 September 2016 18:17:36 UTC