Re: Projection map ratio problem

Mercator, by default for MapBean. Are you saying that the
ratio of pixel and geographic rectangles should be
different in Mercator, or are you saying that the
variability in the ratios will change across the earth?

Don Dietrick wrote:
>
> Hi Raj,
>
> What projection were you using to run these tests? I would expect them
> to be different for different projections, and for different latitudes
> within the same projection. This is affected by the degree/pixel ratio
> characteristic of a projection, which is likely variable in most cases,
> depending on latitude. Equal Arc projections (constant degree/pixel
> ratios) should be OK, though, like the LLXY projection and the CADRG
> projection within the same zone.
>
> - Don
>
> rs@syncline.com wrote:
> >
> > I've been doing some tests, and it seems that the ratio
> > of the MapBean's screen width and height (r) is different than
> > the ratio of the MapBean's geographic width and height (geor).
> > See the results of a few extents below. Can anyone explain
> > what may be happening here?
> >
> > minx -130.5 -84.2403 -85.2855
> > maxx 131.0625 -75.2403 -74.1951
> > miny -78.062 29.31935 28.64211
> > maxy 78.06198 36.77261 37.37486
> > w 465 465 573
> > h 460 460 539
> > gr 1.675351 1.207526 1.26997
> > r 1.01087 1.01087 1.06308
> >
> > thanks,
> > Raj
> >
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