[Proj] Polyconic web page typo?

[Mikael Rittri]

Hello Carl,

> corrected to say +proj=poly instead of +proj=stere 
 
I agree.

> also to include +k.

No, as far as I can see, +proj=poly does not support a scale factor +k.
I would say that a scale factor is normally used only with a conformal
projection, and the polyconic is not conformal.  Snyder's formulas* for
the polyconic does not mention a scale factor (unless I overlooked it). 

*John P. Snyder. Map Projections: A Working Manual.
 http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1395
 

Best regards,

Mikael Rittri
Carmenta
Sweden
http://www.carmenta.com

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From: proj-bounces at lists.maptools.org [mailto:proj-bounces at lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of Carl Godkin
Sent: den 27 september 2011 13:29
To: PROJ.4 and general Projections Discussions
Subject: [Proj] Polyconic web page typo?


Hi,

I was looking for some information on American Polyconic and came across
this page:

http://www.remotesensing.org/geotiff/proj_list/polyconic.html 

I think the PROJ.4 information at the bottom of the page should be 
corrected to say +proj=poly instead of +proj=stere and also to 
include +k.  Or am I missing something?

Thanks,

carl