[GRASS-user] m.proj transformation to EPSG3785 / KML

Hamish hamish_b at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 20 14:16:36 EDT 2009


Hi Peter,
> how can m.proj (being the frontend to cs2cs) be configured
> to create output in the "Google projection" (aka EPSG 900913
> / EPSG 3785) ?

just use the expanded version as proj_out proj4 terms.

> These EPSG codes are currently not included in
> /usr/share/proj/epsg.

they can be found in /usr/share/proj/esri.extra


FWIW & AFAIK, KML takes coordinates as wgs84 LL, and the "Google
projection" is a highly dubious beast that should be avoided if
at all possible.


Hamish



      



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