The Laborde Projection is an Oblique Mercator projection that is primarily used in Madagascar. It is a cylindrical, conformal map projection similar to the Mercator system, except the cylinder is wrapped around the sphere so that it touches the surface along the great circle path at a chosen azimuth from the centerline. It was adopted for use in the Madagascar grid system in 1926.
The "Laborde" Projection has the following Parameters:
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Parameter Name |
Parameter String |
Units |
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Longitude of the Center of the Projection |
central_meridian |
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Latitude of the Origin of the Projection |
latitude_of_origin |
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Azimuth of the Center Line |
azimuth |
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Azimuth Skew |
azimuth_skew |
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Scale Factor |
scale_factor |
Double |
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False Easting |
false_easting |
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False Northing |
false_northing |