[PROJ] Canada Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Thomas Knudsen
knudsen.thomas at gmail.com
Sat Apr 11 14:04:40 PDT 2020
So NRCAN:CANLAMB, perhaps?
Den lør. 11. apr. 2020 kl. 17.07 skrev James Banting <jbanting at sparkgeo.com
>:
> Thanks Even.
>
> They’re aren’t a ton of ortho imagery described by STAC so this will be a
> nice addition. I appreciate the tips as well.
> I always learn something when posting in the mailing list. It’s great.
>
> Re: the authority. I guess then it would be something like:
> authority = Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Centre for
> Topographic Information
> code = CANLAMB
>
> --
> James
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> On Apr 10, 2020, at 4:07 PM, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
> wrote:
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> James,
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> Several points:
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> - this is actually EPSG:3979, "NAD83(CSRS) / Canada Atlas Lambert"
> The only difference is the switch between the latitude of 1st and 2nd
> std parallel, but this is numerically equivalent for LCC_2SP.
> The following remarks are then a bit auxiliary now :-)
>
>
> - there's an extra space at the end of the top name
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> - authority = CANLAMB-CSRS would be odd to me. An authority must be
> something
> identifiable, like some form of organization, that can issue several
> records. CANLAMB-CSRS would be more an id for this CRS for some authority
> XXXX. But I do see in the PDF you mention that they use this...
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> Even
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