<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">TUE 06MAR18: 1430PST<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi All,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For the first time, a client has come back to us with very specific map projection specifications. To cut a long story short, they currently get their maps with the following specs: </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">North_America_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">WKID: 102008 Authority: Esri<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Projection: Albers<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">False_Easting: 0.0<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">False_Northing: 0.0<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Central_Meridian: -96.0<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Standard_Parallel_1: 20.0<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Standard_Parallel_2: 60.0<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Latitude_Of_Origin: 40.0<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Linear Unit: Meter (1.0)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_North_American_1983<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Angular Unit: Degree (0.0174532925199433)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Prime Meridian: Greenwich (0.0)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Datum: D_North_American_1983<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> Spheroid: GRS_1980<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> Semimajor Axis: 6378137.0<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> Semiminor Axis: 6356752.314140356<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> Inverse Flattening: 298.257222101<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Scale: 1:50 000 000<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">9.5cm wide x 9.0cm high<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">High resolution interpolation so the result does not look pixelated (we use .03 dd cell size)</span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(example attached)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So, before I waste any time here, is it at all possible do output maps in something like this i.e. equal area projection? I have used nothing else other than the general lat/lon outputs. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The reasons for the stringent specifications, are for printing purposes in the client’s system.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for your help. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="5C562D0F-626C-44BF-B41C-BB93003ABDFD" src="cid:037D67CF-1106-4852-9955-01EA814B9948@customweather.com" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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