Converting Latitude Longitude Coordinates to Image Map Coordinates

Question

I\'m almost positive this has been answered already; however, unable to find it since XY coordinates are overloaded due to their relative definition.

What I am tryi

Answer 1

This operation is called "projection." You need to know the identity of the coordinate system you want to project into. There is a lot of arcane lore here.

See this.

https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/11560/convert-latitude-and-longitude-into-northings-and-eastings

Answer 2

I believe you are looking for something like the Mercator projection.

Somewhat related, but going the opposite direction:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080521142713AAnlVtI

Also filled with information:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb259689.aspx