from Lambert to EPSG

Norman Vine nhv at CAPE.COM
Tue Jul 12 04:48:56 PDT 2005


Leopold Schefcik writes:
>
> I have data in this projection:
>
> Projection Lambert Conformal Conic
> units meters
> parameters
> 46 00 00 /* 1st standard parallel
> 49 00 00 /* 2nd standard parallel
> 13 20 00 /* central meridian
> 47 30 00 /* latitude of projection (NEU)
> 48 00 00 /* latitude of projection (ALT)
> 400000 /* false easting (meters)
> 400000 /* false northing (meters)
>
> Question 1: Does anybody know what EPSG this is?
> Question 2: How can I get the right EPSG?
>

Looking at the Proj4 EPSG file my guess is this is

# MGI / Austria Lambert
<31297> +proj=lcc +lat_1=49 +lat_2=46 +lat_0=47.5 +lon_0=13.33333333333333 +x_0=400000 +y_0=400000 +ellps=bessel +units=m +no_defs
<>

EPSG:31297

HTH

Norman



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