diff --git a/pyglance/glance/io.py b/pyglance/glance/io.py
index 43da00134bed99e45e6fadd5e87f06793542ea2a..0e695be914bcbbe7674fa76cbbf55579ea04b377 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/io.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/io.py
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ class hdf(SD):
         if (scaling_method == 0) :
             return raw_data_copy
         if not ((scaling_method is None) or (scaling_method > 1)) :
-            LOG.warn ('Scaling method of \"' + str(scaling_method) + '\" will be ignored in favor of hdf standard method. " \
-                      + "This may cause problems with data consistency')
+            LOG.warn ('Scaling method of \"' + str(scaling_method) + '\" will be ignored in favor of hdf standard method. '
+                      + 'This may cause problems with data consistency')
         
         # create the scaled version of the data
         scaled_data_copy = np.array(raw_data_copy, dtype=data_type)
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/plot.py b/pyglance/glance/plot.py
index d6ac5ea3a1c2ea9f24652bd0a96703364bcd286e..4c266930400273b5dfd2b7c2bdb04284ea4bbd80 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/plot.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/plot.py
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ def _create_mapped_figure(data, latitude, longitude, boundingAxes, title,
     longitudeRange  = abs(boundingAxes[1] - boundingAxes[0])
     latitudeRange   = abs(boundingAxes[3] - boundingAxes[2])
     # chose the projection based on the range we have to cover
-    if (longitudeRange > 180) or (latitudeRange > 90) :
+    if (longitudeRange > 180) :
         kwargs['projection'] = 'merc' # use a mercator projection to show the whole world
-    elif (longitudeRange > 80) or (latitudeRange > 40) :
+    elif (longitudeRange > 80) or (latitudeRange > 80) :
         kwargs['projection'] = 'ortho'
     # otherwise the default is just fine!