Google Projection: 900913
So, OpenLayers wants to use a single well-known number to describe the ‘Google Projection’ I talked about earlier. 54004/54005/41001 are all ‘well known’ as being a standard Mercator projection. Which is not the Google Projection.
So, in addition to http://spatialreference.org/ref/user/google-projection/ / http://spatialreference.org/ref/user/6/ , we need something we can use in “SRS” in WMS — an EPSG code, such as it was.
In order to pick one that doesn’t conflict.
It’s the ‘Google’ projection — so we picked 900913. (Google. In 1337-speak.)
Use it. Love it. Promote it.
August 7th, 2007 at 2:05 am
Google in 1337 speak is 600613.
I think you should instead raise the concern with EPSG. The more people that pledge their case, the better chance there is that they will include it.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:25 am
5VV337!
August 8th, 2007 at 8:42 am
I don’t think it would be a bad thing to have a non-EPSG authority for some set of neo-geography SRS’s. On the other hand, since you do have to worry about a number collision, it may be time to have name spaces or even URI instead of numbers. I think EPSG:4326, or even 4326 are valid URI forms. So is http://spatialreference.org/ref/user/6
May 7th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Hey Chris,
Quick question…
RE the post gis insert statement - why is the srid == 96?
I was expecting 900913.
Thanks
Paul