On 07/26/2015 08:40 AM, Andre Joost wrote: > Am 26.07.2015 um 17:09 schrieb James Keener: >> This has been bothering me for days and I think I realize why: It's >> valid on the outside of the rectangle and the marker in the middle isn't >> to denote which part is valid, it's just the center of the map (I'd >> never actually tried to move those maps until just now, and it moves >> when you move the map). >> >> Is that the correct interpretation? >> > > No, the map is wrong because the valid area of the CRS crosses the datum > line. > > If you read the text on the left, you see that the Area is North > America, from 52°W to 172°E, but it is meant over the shorter side. > > HTH, > André Joost >
The maps on spatiareference.org have been mostly wrong for quite a while. The original authors stated Pull Requests welcome. I know I can push new code if someone fixes it. I'll look into getting that code up on github... Otherwise there's http://epsg.io/4269 Enjoy, Alex _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
