[ gpsdrive ] Mapnik Projection used by gpsdrive

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Thu, 2008-09-18 19:02:07 +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw at lug-owl.de> wrote:
> After updating osm2pgsql to the SVN version, I was able to use my app
> with it, but the card display was quite off. Projection seems to have
> changed. Gpsdrive used to use "+proj=merc +datum=WGS84", whereas OSM
> (and the default settings of osm2pgsql; the old behavior can be forced
> with the `-M' switch) uses "+proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137
> +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m +nadgrids=@null 
> +no_defs +over".
> 
> I'd like to file a bug report for osm2pgsql, but gpsdrive would need
> to either touch the docs (add -M to the osm2pgsql call) or change its
> projection method. (And if gpsdrive wants to follow osm.xml, it would
> need the new osm2pgsql, too, to get the additional table column
> referenced there.)

Nobody got an opinion about it? This breaks (or accomplishes)
compatibility with regular osm2pgsql installations off OSM SVN...

MfG, JBG

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