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1.4.4 Albers projection

The Albers projection (-JB) is an equal-area conical projection; its conformal cousin is the Lambert conic projection (-JL). Their usages are almost identical so we will only use the Albers here. The general syntax is

-JB $lon_0/lat_0/lat_1/lat_2/width$

where ($lon_0, lat_0$) is the map (projection) center and $lat_1, lat_2$ are the two standard parallels where the cone intersects the Earth's surface. We try the following command:

pscoast -R-130/-70/24/52 -JB-100/35/33/45/6i -B10g5:."Conic Projection": \
   -N1/2p -N2/0.25p -A500 -G200 -W0.25p -P >! map.ps



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Paul Wessel 2006-05-31