Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Preferences.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Preferences.java	(revision 474)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Preferences.java	(revision 475)
@@ -205,5 +205,5 @@
 	public final void resetToDefault() {
 		properties.clear();
-		properties.put("projection", "org.openstreetmap.josm.data.projection.Epsg4326");
+		properties.put("projection", "org.openstreetmap.josm.data.projection.Mercator");
 		properties.put("draw.segment.direction", "true");
 		properties.put("layerlist.visible", "true");