[Proj] SP1 question

[Eric Miller]

Get rid of the -I (inverse) flag.  That tells proj you want to go from lcc coords to lat/long.

Doh!

>>> On 11/22/2006 at 9:32 AM, Jamon Van Den Hoek <jlvandenhoek at wisc.edu> wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> i'm having trouble achieving a transformation from a point's lat/long coords 
> into a user-defined projection with one standard parallel.
> 
> i'm using PROJ.4's 1SP LCC function (at 
> http://www.remotesensing.org/geotiff/proj_list/lambert_conic_conformal_1sp.ht 
> ml) with the following projection parameters:
> 
> 1. Origin Longitude (*o): 90°00’00.000000”
> 2. Origin Latitude (*o): 43°22’00.000000”
> 3. False Easting (Eo): 147218.6942 meters (482999.999 U.S. survey feet)
> 4. False Northing (No): 0.0037 meters (0.012 U.S. survey feet)
> 5. Scale Factor on Central Meridian (ko): 1.0000365285
> 
> and the following code:
> 
> C:\>proj.exe -I +proj=lcc +lat_1=43d22'0"N +lon_0=90d00'0"W +k_0=1.0000365285 
> +x_0=147218.6942 +y_0=0.0037 +ellps=GRS80
> 44d10'00"N 89d48'00"W                                       (lat/long of 
> point i want to transform)
> 131d4'1.401"E   89d59'59.907"S'00"N 89d48'00"W     (not sure how to 
> interpret this output line)
> 
> 1d48'57.388"W   43d21'8.09"N                              (if "enter" is 
> pressed again, this it outputted)
> 
> i'm not sure where the error is coming into play that's producing this 
> garbage. i want answers in meters, but i'm still getting dms.
>      - the example PROJ.4 commands from the readme.txt work fine and i 
> replicate the answers, so i know that PROJ.4 is installed correctly. 
>      - i changed the format of the lat_0 and lon_0 parameters in terms of 
> using "-" instead of W, etc., and changed the order of input for the lat and 
> long coords for the county point. 
>      - i also tried to replicate the example parameters at 
> http://www.remotesensing.org/geotiff/proj_list/lambert_conic_conformal_1sp.ht 
> ml but couldn't replicate the results.
> 
> any suggestions as to how to fix this problem? is my syntax incorrect or is 
> something missing from the command?
> 
> thanks,
> jamon
> 
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