MODPC: Modified Polyconic Projection

Parameter Name

Description

PARM1

Longitude, in degrees, of the central meridian.

PARM2

Longitude, in degrees, of the eastern meridian.

The western meridian is assumed to be west of the central meridian by the same amount that the eastern meridian is east of the central meridian.

PARM3

Latitude, in degrees, of the northern standard parallel.

PARM4

Latitude, in degrees, of the southern standard parallel.

Note  The northern (PARM3) and southern (PARM4) standard parallels are not interchangeable.

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.