gbif / occurrence-cube

Workflows for producing species occurrence cubes from GBIF mediated data
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LAEA map projection is Europe-specific #5

Closed shawndove closed 8 months ago

shawndove commented 11 months ago

Issue

Description

The currently available occurrence cubes use the LAEA map projection (EPSG: 3035), which is specific to Europe. Given that GBIF data is global, it would probably make sense to either switch to a global projection or allow the user to choose from several options.

Reasoning

MattBlissett commented 8 months ago

We now have Extended Quarter Degree Grid Cells (QDGC / EQDGC) and Military Grid Reference System. Both are worldwide.

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