Hi On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Paolo Cavallini <cavall...@faunalia.it> wrote: > Hi all. > Can we remove the obsolete 900913 code, and replace it with 3857, both in > core and in > the plugins? > See below for details. > All the best, and thanks to Luca Casagrande and Markus Neteler for pointing > this out. > =====
Why don't we keep it around for a while - although its not official it is in wide popular use and there are many tutorials and other materials that reference this id. Regards Tim > http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/SphericalMercator > "SphericalMercator and EPSG aliases > > The SphericalMercator projection in OpenLayers uses code epsg:900913. When > Google started to use the SphericalMercator projection, a corresponding EPSG > code did not yet exist, so a temporary code '900913' (notice the resemblance > to the word 'google') was invented. Many other services, such as > OpenStreetMap, > Bing and Yahoo are now also using the same projection, but are not necessarily > supporting the use of code EPSG:900913. Other codes, such as EPSG:3857 and > EPSG:102113 were invented. Today, there is an officially registered EPSG code > 3857 whose projection is identical to EPSG:900913. > (http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3857)." > -- > Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia > www.faunalia.eu > Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming and support services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer