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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2>So?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Keep the parameters and just use Authalic Latitude.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Easy.</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> proj-bounces@lists.maptools.org on behalf of Gerald I. Evenden<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 15-Feb-10 08:30<BR><B>To:</B> PROJ.4 and general Projections Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Proj] Standard projection for Mediterranean basin<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>On Sunday 14 February 2010 11:46:30 pm Clifford J Mugnier wrote:<BR>> From 1925 to 1946, there was a "British Grid" used by the Allied Forces in<BR>> the Mediterranean. The British Army (GSGS) established the "Mediterranean<BR>> Zone" for the secant Lambert Conical Orthomorphic Projection where the<BR>> central meridian was 29° East of Greenwich, and the latitude of origin was<BR>> 39° 30' N, the scale factor at origin was 0.99906, the False Easting was<BR>> 900 km, and the False Northing was 600 km.<BR>><BR>> See my column in PE&RS for December of 2002 on Greece.<BR>><BR>> Clifford J. Mugnier, C.P., C.M.S.<BR> ...<BR><BR>I had the inference that the request was for an equal-area projection---a mode<BR>that I consider preferable for thematic purposes.<BR><BR>--<BR>The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due<BR>to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.<BR>-- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) British psychologist<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Proj mailing list<BR>Proj@lists.maptools.org<BR><A href="http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/proj">http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/proj</A></FONT> </P></DIV></BODY></HTML>