[Qgis-user] New Custom Projection

[Siki Zoltan]

Dear Grant,

instead of e (east) and s (south) use sign (+/-) e.g.
+proj=aea +long_0=121 +lat_1=-17.5 +lat_2=-31.3

I suppose you should give +datum +ellps +units, too (I don't know if there 
are default and they are good for you)

Regards,
Zoltan


On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Grant Boxer wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a jpeg image of a map in Albers Equal Area Projection (central
> meridian 121 deg E, St Parallels of 1.5 deg S and 31.5 deg S, Western
> Australia) and I need to bring it into QGIS. I have tried making a custom
> projection for this but have failed. The projection info I have created is
> "+proj=aea +long_0=121e +lat_1=17.5s +lat_2=31.3s". Any suggestions on where
> I have gone wrong?
>
> Regards Grant
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