Parent Topic: PROJECTIONS

LAEA

 Projection     : Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area
 Also known as  : Zenithal Equal-Area
 General class  : azimuthal
 Characteristics: equal-area
 Earth model    : sphere

Defining the MAPUNITS:

 MapUnits "laea"     ! Standard name
 MapUnits "laea e19" ! Standard name and ellipsoid

Other parameters:

 TrueOriginLongitude "longitude_of_origin"  ! Required -+- True origin
 TrueOriginLatitude  "latitude_of_origin"   ! Required /
 FalseEasting        "false_easting"        ! Optional, default is zero
 FalseNorthing       "false_northing"       ! Optional, default is zero

Possible errors:

 E335, "Point projects into a circle" - In converting from 
        geographic coordinates to projection coordinates, the 
        point projects into a circle.
 E100, "Invalid data" - In converting from projection coordinates 
        to geographic coordinates, there was an input data error

Parent Topic: PROJECTIONS
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