hi, b.j.kobben >> Well, if it's shrinking towards the poles, it basically is not a Mercator >> projection (at least not the traditional normal Mercator where the >> cylinder is wrapped around the Equator)...
It shrinks in a way that the whole canvas is scaled down. Considering the Mercator is always recommended for nautical application, it should be Mercator projection with some post process. >> Which "nautical chart viewer" did you see this in...? For example, Transas's ECDIS demo, DEMO_ECDIS_2519.iso : http://www.transas.com/support/ecdis_demo/ -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Mercator-projection-that-shrinks-toward-pole-tp5031876p5031902.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
