[Proj] setting lambert conformal conic projection in gdalwarp
Charles Karney
charles.karney at sri.com
Tue Aug 16 19:26:13 EST 2011
On 08/16/11 18:28, Jose Gonçalves wrote:
> Matt
>
> There is a problem with the lcc projection. The two latitudes +lat_1 and
> +lat_2 define the standard parallels, where the cone intersects the
> ellipsoid. They can't be both zero (the cone would degenerate into a
> cylinder).
Of course, they *can* both be zero and the equations then become those
of the Mercator projection. It's just that the authors of proj.4 chose
not to handle this case.
--Charles
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