[Mapit] newbie question

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 03:20:52AM +1000, Drew wrote:
> according to documentation:
>  
> "458862396.00,583250959.00,db,bahnhof,http://bahnhof/,Berlin-Hermsdorf
> The first two values are the coordinates of the object."
> 
> What format are those coordinates? 

They related to the x-y coordinates of the tiles given in the info files.  
It is just a float falue with no unit, so you can use any x-y
coordinate systmes as long as your tiles and the marker locations
use the same coordinate systems.

> I'm used to coordinates being in the form of like 37.000 145.0000 etc. How do I convert to whatever format mapit uses?

MapIt! uses already projected data.
If you have lat-long coordinates you have to apply the same projection
formular to get the flat x-y coordinates. Of course for small areas
this is easy if you use no projection at all.

	Bernhard

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