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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2>Sorry you find it contradictory, but it remains a fact. When you get to zero and still need to go further south to use the same grid system, they add an additional number to that zero for a significant "jump." I have not ever seen it used for False Easting; just for False Northing. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2>The French Lambert Sud Algerie Grid has a False Northing of 300 km at the origin of 33<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">º<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 18</SPAN>' North. <STRONG>("South of the False Origin add 1,000,000 meters to the northings").</STRONG> The original grid tables are <EM>Tables de Projeciton Systeme Lambert Nort Maroc.</EM><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> The EPSG has an interesting database for such things, however I consider my personal holdings as authoritative in most cases that differ. This is one of those common cases. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> proj-bounces@lists.maptools.org on behalf of Mikael Rittri<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 06-Oct-08 02:03<BR><B>To:</B> PROJ.4 and general Projections Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Proj] Terminology for origins<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial>Clifford J Mugnier<SPAN class=259515106-06102008> wrote ( <SPAN class=259515106-06102008><A href="http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/proj/2008-October/003865.html">http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/proj/2008-October/003865.html</A> ):</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT face=Arial size=3>> In North Africa, several of the Grids also have a False Northing at the False Origin in order to avoid negative northings.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN class=259515106-06102008>> </SPAN>Really!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN class=259515106-06102008>> </SPAN>:-)<SPAN class=259515106-06102008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT face=Arial size=3>Sorry, I don't understand. In what sense are you using the term "False Origin" here? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT face=Arial size=3>If you are using it as EPSG does (at least for Lambert Conformal Conic 2SP </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT size=+0>and Polar Stereographic Variant C), </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT size=+0>then your statement is not surprising, since </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT size=+0>that's how </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=259515106-06102008>such a False Origin works: it does have a False Northing and a </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT size=3>False Easting. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT face=Arial size=3>If you are using it in the other sense, as the point where False Easting and False Northing</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT face=Arial size=3>are both zero, then your statement is contradictory (that's a little too surprising). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT face=Arial size=3>So, you must be using the term "False Origin" in some third, more general way. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT size=+0>Could you give a concrete </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=259515106-06102008>numerical example? </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=259515106-06102008><FONT face=Arial size=3>Best regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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