[Proj] FW: SCAR Antarctic PS projection issue in proj

Oscar van Vlijmen ovv at hetnet.nl
Tue Dec 6 11:01:15 EST 2005


> From: Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam-pobox.com>

> The script used to produce the PROJ.4 epsg definition file
> now reports the following for EPSG:3031:
> 
> $ python epsg_tr.py -proj4 3031 3031
> # WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic
> <3031> +proj=stere +lat_0=-90 +lat_ts=-71 +lon_0=0 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0
> +ellps=WGS
> 84 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs  <>

The USGS has it on the GRS80 ellipsoid
http://usarc.usgs.gov/ant-ogc-viewer/sps.html
but the EPSG database has it on WGS84.
Looks fine to me!




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