[Qgis-user] Which Projection to use?

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Hi,

Your easiest bet is to use WGS84 with UTM Zones.  It covers the planet, 
and the UTM zones are meter.   See attachments for the zones.  Ex: EPSG 
32618 = WGS84 / UTM18N

Nicolas




Le 2014-12-08 16:09, K.Bott [via OSGeo.org] a écrit :
> Hi Joris,
>
> One starting point might be here -- 
> http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?projectionref -- expand 
> the categories for a sense of what they translate to in terms of visuals.
>
> cheers -
> -kristin
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Joris Hintjens <[hidden email] 
> </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5176943&i=0>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     My problem:
>     I have to create a series of maps all around the world. For each
>     map, I need a appropriate CRS in meters (t create buffers etc…)
>     Does anybody know a source out there where I can see the extends
>     of existing projections I can use for each map?
>
>     I keep bouncing up to http://spatialreference.org/ , but the list
>     is of no use to me, as there is no map.
>     thanks
>
>     Joris
>
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