Microsoft KB Archive/135911

Automap True North Does Not Display Vertically(Upright)

PSS ID Number: Q135911 Article last modified on 04-30-1996

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= SUMMARY =

In most areas covered by the Automap Road Atlas, the Map View is not oriented to show display a true north boundary.

For example, the border between Idaho and Washington State, which runs in a true northerly direction, appears on the Map View to approximately twenty degrees from vertical.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The geographic data in Automap Road Atlas has been projected onto an Albers Conic Equal Area projection centered on 100 degrees West longitude. Since the map projection is static, only locations 100 degrees West longitude display a true North, or directly upright, appearance.

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