Ben,
WGS84 is not a projection, it is an ellipsoid.
Do you know what ellipsoid your original data were in?? Unless you have
specified transformation parameters from your original ellipsoid to WGS84 in
your mapinfo projection file then the Lat, Long will be the same.
Ellipsoidal co-ordiantes are expressed in Latitue and Longitude. Projected
co-ordinates (UTM, State Plane, Lambert, etc.) are expressed in Eastings and
Northings (or X and Y).
Dave Andrews
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> Sent: 02 November 1999 02:29
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> Subject: MI lat/long to WGS84 - shouldn't there be a difference!?
>
>
> So there I was saving a table from lat/long into lat/long WGS84 and I
> realized upon completion that there was absolutely no
> difference between the
> coordinates before and after the projection.
>
> So my questions are: Is there a difference? Shouldn't the
> coordinates
> shift a little between projections? I've never dealt much
> with changing
> projections so I am at a bit of a loss here.
>
> Thanks to anybody who can provide some enlightening suggestions.
>
> Ben Humphrey
> Mapping Specialist
> VoiceStream Wireless
> 425-653-4605
>
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