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From: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin)
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Subject: Re: V&H Table Coordinates
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 From johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us:

>The V&H tape uses some other projection that I expect is intended to
>make equal distances equal.  Any given projection is tuned to the area
>that it is intended to display; the Albers projection is tuned for the
>lower 48  . . .

I also have no definitive answer.  I have seen the map of the
contiguous 48 states displayed against the grid, and an explanation
that comes to mind is that the grid is tilted to allow the map to
occupy the greatest amount of space within its bounding box, i.e., to
maximize the scale used with certain coordinate limits.  I don't know
why this might be important, though.

	/JBL