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| author | Kristian Evers <kristianevers@gmail.com> | 2016-10-20 22:18:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Kristian Evers <kristianevers@gmail.com> | 2016-10-20 22:18:10 +0200 |
| commit | f253355bc22b118049c0f205bdd47e7fee6afe23 (patch) | |
| tree | 4974034b7259fb53b133f88a04fe7e18143f2b36 /docs | |
| parent | 9133b3d855f90d4a5d0a53842fe151efe7235988 (diff) | |
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Added a comment about default units for projected coordinates
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diff --git a/docs/source/parameters.rst b/docs/source/parameters.rst index 5fdda8aa..e4623b9a 100644 --- a/docs/source/parameters.rst +++ b/docs/source/parameters.rst @@ -152,8 +152,11 @@ Units Horizontal units can be specified using the +units= keyword with a symbolic name for a unit (ie. us-ft). Alternatively the translation to meters can be specified with the +to_meter keyword (ie. 0.304800609601219 for US feet). The -``-lu`` argument to cs2cs or proj can be used to list symbolic unit names. The -default unit is degrees. +``-lu`` argument to cs2cs or proj can be used to list symbolic unit names. +The default unit for projected coordinates is the meter. +A few special projections deviate from this behaviour, most notably the +latlong pseudo-projection that returns degrees. + Vertical Units -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |