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WKT <--> PROJ: correctly map 'Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (Spherical)' to '+proj=laea +R_A' #3526

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@rouault rouault commented Dec 28, 2022

and 'Lambert Cylindrical Equal Area (Spherical)' to '+proj=cea +R_A'

as documented in EPSG guidance note 7.2: "if the figure of the earth used is an ellipsoid rather than a sphere then R should be calculated as the radius of the authalic sphere"

@rouault rouault added this to the 9.2.0 milestone Dec 28, 2022
@rouault rouault changed the title WKT <--> PROJ: correclyt map 'Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (Spherical)' to '+proj=laea +R_A' WKT <--> PROJ: correctly map 'Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (Spherical)' to '+proj=laea +R_A' Dec 28, 2022
…)' to '+proj=laea +R_A'

and 'Lambert Cylindrical Equal Area (Spherical)' to '+proj=cea +R_A'

as documented in EPSG guidance note 7.2: "if the figure of the earth used
is an ellipsoid rather than a sphere then R should be calculated as the
radius of the authalic sphere"
@rouault rouault merged commit 209b3fc into OSGeo:master Dec 30, 2022
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