Re: [Maposmatic-dev] Implementing bbox limitation

[David MENTRE]

Hello Thomas,

2009/9/9 Thomas Petazzoni <address@hidden>:
> Le Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:10:53 +0200,
> David MENTRE <address@hidden> a écrit :
>> Why? The surface on the sphere is the same, whatever latitude you are
>> looking at.
>
> Hum, sorry, but I don't think you're correct.
>
> On the latitude side, yes, wherever you are on earth, 1° of latitude
> will always be the same distance. However, the distance of 1° of
> longitude depends on the latitude.
>
> At the equator, 1° of longitude is a long distance, while near the
> poles, it's a much shorter distance.

I agree.

Yours,
d.