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Started by Hans van der Maarel , Feb 20 2012 09:17 AM

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Posted 20 February 2012 - 09:17 AM

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Anybody an idea what projection this is?

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9027.866157748872900
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-9027.866157748871000
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11591534.305893503000000
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 10:44 AM

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Anybody an idea what projection this is?



The associated TFW is
9027.866157748872900
0.000000000000000
0.000000000000000
-9027.866157748871000
-19531274.761224005000000
11591534.305893503000000


Is it WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere? It certainly gets close when overlaid on top of Bing maps in ArcGIS:


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Posted 20 February 2012 - 10:50 AM

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Is it WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere? It certainly gets close when overlaid on top of Bing maps in ArcGIS:


That looks pretty close indeed. I'll give that a go.Thanks!
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 03:39 PM

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Is it WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere? It certainly gets close when overlaid on top of Bing maps in ArcGIS:


Or even just Mercator on the sphere, which it is a dead-ringer for.

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