[Geotiff] Linear Units of Projections Parameters
Frank Warmerdam
warmerdam at pobox.com
Sat Feb 25 18:53:44 EST 2006
pw wrote:
> If the projection linear units are declared as feet
> then the eastings and northings should be in feet.
>
> The information declared in the file is all one
> has to work from. As soon as programs begin to
> make assumptions regarding things that are not
> absolutely declared in the embedded information
> you end up with a hole in the specification.
Peter,
I wonder if you know of packages that interprete the false easting
and northing as always being meters, or packages that (properly apparently)
to be in the projection linear units.
Best regards,
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