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Add ability to reproject to mercator on ingest

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reading the linked car2merc.py script to understand the intended Mercator reprojection, then locate tilemaker's ingest entry point. Confirm how coordinate systems are currently handled and define completion as ingest producing Mercator-projected data without breaking existing inputs.

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Python
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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