Equidistant Cylindrical
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Equidistant Cylindrical Open
Coordinate Operation Method Details [VALID]
Name: Equidistant Cylindrical
Code: 1028
Operation is Reversible: Yes
Formula: See EPSG Guidance Note #7-2.
Example: See EPSG Guidance Note #7-2.
Method
Parameters:
Parameter Name Parameter Code Sign reversal Parameter Description
Latitude of 1st standard parallel 8823 No For a conic projection with two standard parallels, this is the latitude of one of the parallels of intersection of the cone with the ellipsoid. It is normally but not necessarily that nearest to the pole. Scale is true along this parallel.
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.