[Proj] wgs84 northings and eastings

[molnar at sas.elte.hu]

Dear Roger,

I am not exactly sure what you really need, but 'eqc' is the equidistant
cylindrical projection, what converts latitude and longitude values simply
to length.

+proj=eqc +datum=WGS84

what about +proj=latlon ?

Gabor



> I have had a request to provide locations (northings and eastings) in
> wgs84. Up to now, I have always worked with a specific projection
> somewhere in the world. Such a projection seems rather senseless to me.
> But there you have it. My question is, given wgs84 lat/longs, how would
> I request wgs84 northings / eastings from proj. Would this be adequate?
>
> +proj=merc +lon_0=0 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +units=m
> +no_defs
>
> Equally worrisome is that I am unsure how to test this as the requester
> has no sample data. Sigh...
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Roger Oberholtzer
>
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