google maps projection

[John Hagstrand]

Thanks, Ed.  You were right.  It works great.  Thanks also to Stephen
Woodbridge who supplied the projection information.
John

>On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Ed McNierney <ed at TOPOZONE.COM> wrote:

>I'd suggest the following...
>
>    proj=merc
>    lat_ts=0.0
>    lon_0=-90.0
>    x_0=0.0
>    y_0=0.0
>    ellps=GRS80
>    units=m
>    no_defs
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>I've been told that:
>>Google Maps uses the Mercator projection and the WGS 84 geodetic datum.
>>The projection standard latitude is 0, and the projection standard
>>longitude is -90.
>>
>>How can I translate that to a MapServer Projection block?