geodalbers {spsurvey}R Documentation

Project Latitude and Longitude (Spheroid) to Albers Projection in Plane

Description

Project spheroid models of the globe to Albers projection in the plane.

Usage

geodalbers(lon, lat, sph="Clarke1866", clon=-96, clat=23, sp1=29.5, sp2=45.5)

Arguments

lon longitude (decimal degrees) vector to be projected using Albers.
lat latitude (decimal degrees) vector to be projected using Albers.
sph spheroid options: Clarke1866, GRS80, WGS84. The default is Clarke1866.
clon center longitude (decimal degrees). The default is -96.
clat origin latitude (decimal degrees). The default is 23.
sp1 standard parallel 1 (decimal degrees). The default is 29.5.
sp2 standard parallel 2 (decimal degrees). The default is 45.5.

Details

Ask Denis White.

Value

A data frame of Albers x-coordinate and y-coordinate projections for latitude and longitude.

Author(s)

Tony Olsen Olsen.Tony@epa.gov

References

J. Snyder, USGS Professional Paper 1395


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