From f253355bc22b118049c0f205bdd47e7fee6afe23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristian Evers Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 22:18:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment about default units for projected coordinates --- docs/source/parameters.rst | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/parameters.rst b/docs/source/parameters.rst index 5fdda8aa08..e4623b9a27 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------