[Qgis-user] TIGER projection question

[Alex Mandel]

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