Projection : Sinusoidal Also known as : Sanson-Flamsteed General class : pseudo-cylindrical Characteristics: equal-area Earth model : sphere
Defining the MAPUNITS:
MapUnits "sin" ! Standard name MapUnits "sin e19" ! Standard name and ellipsoid
Other parameters:
TrueOriginLongitude "longitude_of_origin" ! Required, for True origin FalseEasting "false_easting" ! Optional, default is zero FalseNorthing "false_northing" ! Optional, default is zero
Possible errors:
E100, "Invalid data" - In converting from projection coordinates
to geographic coordinates, there was an input data error
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