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Re:I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48 by thasmin on Friday December 10, 2010 @03:36PM (#1993078)
There isn't one standard way to convert a latitude / longitude coordinate into a x/y coordinate for a map. Google Maps was the first to use the Spherical Mercator projection. The EPSG (?) number used to reference the Spherical Mercator was originally 900913. EPSG:3785 now refers to the Spherical Mercator too.

http://docs.openlayers.org/library/spherical_mercator.html

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