Available Map Projections

The following table lists all map projections currently available in BEAM.

Projection Name Parameters Example Values
Geographic Lat/Lon No parameters
UTM zone No parameters
UTM zone, South No parameters
Transverse Mercator semi_major [m],
semi_minor [m],
latitude_of_origin [degree],
central_meridian [degree],
scale_factor [-],
false_easting [m],
false_northing [m]
6378137.0,
6356752.3,
0.0,
0.0,
0.9996,
0.0,
0.0
Universal Polar Stereographic North No parameters
Universal Polar Stereographic South No parameters
Stereographic semi_major [m],
semi_minor [m],
central_parallel [degree],
central_meridian [degree],
scale_factor [-],
false_easting [m],
false_northing [m]
6378137.0,
6356752.3,
45.0,
0.0,
0.994,
2000000.0,
2000000.0
Lambert Conformal Conic semi_major [m],
semi_minor [m],
latitude_of_origin [degree],
central_meridian [degree],
latitude_of_intersection_1 [degree],
latitude_of_intersection_2 [degree],
scale_factor [-],
6378137.0,
6356752.3,
90.0,
0.0,
20.0,
60.0,
1.0
Albers Equal Area Conic semi_major [m],
semi_minor [m],
latitude_of_origin [degree],
central_meridian [degree],
latitude_of_intersection_1 [degree],
latitude_of_intersection_2 [degree],
scale_factor [-],
false_easting [m],
false_northing [m]
6378137.0,
6356752.3,
50.0,
99.0,
56.0,
37.0,
1.0,
1000000.0,
0.0