[Qgis-user] EPSG 4326 Vs EPSG 900913

Jamie Adams jaadfoo at gmail.com
Tue Mar 27 09:29:23 PDT 2012


Google Earth uses EPSG:4326.  Google Maps uses Mercator (was EPSG:900913,
now is EPSG:3857).  KML/KMZ only supports EPSG:4326 so you should have no
issues.

- Jamie

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Giacomo Fontanelli <
giacomofontanelli76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi boys (and girls of course)
> maybe this is a stupid question:
>
> could you explain me the risks that occur when i put the gps points
> (generally WGS84 = EPSG 4326) in google earth (EPSG 900913).
>
> I know that google has a particular method to manage the projections
> of its optical satellite image and the vector file .kml or .kmz.
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
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