[GRASSLIST:5873] Re: projection, color rules for vectors

[Moritz Lennert]

>> > I wanted to display a map of Germany (5E-16E, 47N-56N) using Universal
>> > Polar Stereographic projection and wgs84 ellipsoid, but it is still
>> wider
>> > than higher. I tried the lat-lon projection before, but the result was
>> the
>> > same. Actually, on most commercial general maps of Germany, the
>> country is
>> > "almost the same wide as tall", while all these projections show it
>> much
>> > wider. Which projection/ellipsoid would you recommend for usage on
>> such
>> > location as Germany?
>>
>> Have you tried Gauss-Krüger ?
>
> Yes, but it is always the same. I have tried this:
> http://freegis.org/freegis_tutorial/online/node39.html
>
> I've created a new location/mapset with tmerc projection and bessel
> ellipsoid, then imported the raster map of elevation in Germany and
> painted it. I'm attaching the output PNG for you (you see it is too wide,
> for example the Czech republic at the Eastern edge of the map should look
> more like a square - delimited by three yellow mountain ranges). I think
> it shouldn't depend on the raster map (I downloaded it from some free gis
> server), so there is a problem in grass (of course it comes from between
> the chair and keyboard, but as I told you, I don't know too much about
> projections and their implementation in grass).
>
>

I'm sorry, but I'm no expert on German projections. Maybe someone else can
help ?

Moritz