FME Form: 2024.1

LM-MNDOT: Lambert Conformal Conic Projection, Minnesota DOT Variation

This is a minor variation to the traditional Two Standard Parallel projection version. It supports the county coordinate systems developed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. This variation uses a parallel ellipsoid technique – different from that used in Wisconsin – to adjust horizontal coordinates for average elevation of the mapped region.

Parameter Name

Description

PARM1

Latitude, in degrees, of the first standard parallel (usually the northernmost).

For this projection, there is no distinction between the northern (PARM1) and southern (PARM2) standard parallels; that is, they can be switched with no effect.

PARM2

Latitude, in degrees, of the second standard parallel (usually the southernmost).

This parameter is sometimes set to the same value as PARM1 to obtain a conic with a single point of tangency, that is, a single standard parallel.

PARM3

Average elevation above the ellipsoid, in system units, of the region being mapped by this coordinate system.

ORG_LNG

The longitude, in degrees, of the origin of the projection.

ORG_LAT

The latitude, in degrees, of the origin of the projection.

X_OFF

The false easting to be applied to all X coordinates, usually selected to cause all X coordinates within the coordinate system to be positive values of reasonable size.

Y_OFF

The false northing to be applied to all Y coordinates.