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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
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