[postgis-users] does this projection exist?

[Rob Agar]

I wrote:
> hi all
> 
> I want to project lat/long points from WGS84 to a custom coordinate 
> system, but since it's a fairly obvious projection, perhaps it may 
> already exist as an "official" spatial reference system.
> 
> Basically, what I want is:
> 
> - mercator projection
> - origin at 0 E, 0 N
> - positive x is east, positive y north
> - unit in metres
> 
> Does this already exist in spatial_ref_sys, and if so, how would I go 
> about finding it?
> 

actually, the "WGS 84 / World Mercator" ref system looks like it might 
be what I'm after - see http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/3395/

Thanks to Brian Hamlin in the Table Spatial Extent thread for putting me 
onto spatialreference.org :)

"Mercator_1SP" is bog-standard mercator, isn't it?

Rob