EPSG Dataset :: v12.003

Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (Spherical)

Coordinate Operation Method Details [VALID]

Name:

Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (Spherical)

Code:

1027

Operation is Reversible:

Yes

Formula:

See information source.

R is the radius of the sphere and will normally be one of the CRS parameters. If the figure of the earth used is an ellipsoid rather than a sphere then R should be calculated as the radius of the authalic sphere using the formula for RA given in EPSG Guidance Note 7-2, section 1.2, table 3. Note however that if applying spherical formula to ellipsoidal coordinates, the authalic projection properties are not preserved.

Example:

See information source.

Method
Parameters:

Parameter Name	Parameter Code	Sign reversal	Parameter Description
Latitude of natural origin	8801	No	The latitude of the point from which the values of both the geographical coordinates on the ellipsoid and the grid coordinates on the projection are deemed to increment or decrement for computational purposes. Alternatively it may be considered as the latitude of the point which in the absence of application of false coordinates has grid coordinates of (0,0).
Longitude of natural origin	8802	No	The longitude of the point from which the values of both the geographical coordinates on the ellipsoid and the grid coordinates on the projection are deemed to increment or decrement for computational purposes. Alternatively it may be considered as the longitude of the point which in the absence of application of false coordinates has grid coordinates of (0,0). Sometimes known as "central meridian (CM)".
False easting	8806	No	Since the natural origin may be at or near the centre of the projection and under normal coordinate circumstances would thus give rise to negative coordinates over parts of the mapped area, this origin is usually given false coordinates which are large enough to avoid this inconvenience. The False Easting, FE, is the value assigned to the abscissa (east or west) axis of the projection grid at the natural origin.
False northing	8807	No	Since the natural origin may be at or near the centre of the projection and under normal coordinate circumstances would thus give rise to negative coordinates over parts of the mapped area, this origin is usually given false coordinates which are large enough to avoid this inconvenience. The False Northing, FN, is the value assigned to the ordinate (north or south) axis of the projection grid at the natural origin.

Meta Data

Remarks:

This is the spherical form of the projection. See coordinate operation method Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (code 9820) for ellipsoidal form. Differences of several tens of metres result from comparison of the two methods.

Information Source:

"Map Projections - A Working Manual" by John P. Snyder, USGS Professional Paper 1395.

Data Source:

EPSG

Revision Date:

June 29, 2023

Change ID:

[2009.007] [2009.023] [2023.004]

Wildcard	Example
% or *	Any wildcard characters
? or _	One wildcard character
[ - ]	[ - ] Range e.g. N[a-c] will return all geodetic objects that contains a string starting with the letter 'N' or 'n' followed by any of the letters contained within the range specified within the square bracket, e.g. letters a, b and c.
\|	Or e.g. E[a\|e]M will return all geodetic objects that contains a string starting with the letter E(e), ends with the letter M(m) and also contain either the letter a or letter e.