[GRASSLIST:138] Re: Considering replacing ESRI

[Morten Hulden]

On Wed, 21 May 2003, David Strauch wrote:

> Okay, how about orienting maps to other than true north (which I think 
> is called "false northing")?

I don't think this is correct. The orientation of the map is defined by 
the projection. False northing/easting is just an offset in up/down, 
right/left direction, but it does not change the angle toward 'north'.