[OpenLayers-Users] meters or degrees ?

[Michael Moradzadeh]

Nice.  Tease the new guy.

I believe you'll find that OpenLayers sees the world in terms of 
degrees, and thus, if it's all the same to you, the use of degrees may 
mean you have less confusion and fewer conversions.

On the other hand, if what you are mapping is tightly tied to being 
measured in meters, as if you are mapping out your back yard, or 
something, well, meters might make more sense, even with the thoughts above.

Michael

On 3/22/2012 1:55 PM, Milo van der Linden wrote:
> It depends,
>
> Perhaps a rod might do, or even a pes. But eventually it all comes 
> down to a pixel. Or dpi if you need it on paper.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_units_of_measurement
>
> 2012/3/22 Lee M. <w_ward_W at hotmail.com <mailto:w_ward_W at hotmail.com>>
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>     what's the best unite for creating a map ?
>     meters or degrees ?
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