EPSG:19940

Levant Zone

Attributes

Data source: EPSG

Information source: US Army Map Service projection tables; 1943.

Revision date: 1999-04-22

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Replaced by projection using full Lambert formula (EPSG code 19948) from 1973.

Method: Lambert Conic Near-Conformal

Area of use: Lebanon - onshore. Syrian Arab Republic - onshore.

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJECTION["Lambert_Conic_Near-Conformal"],
PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",34.65],
PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",37.35],
PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996256],
PARAMETER["False easting",300000],
PARAMETER["False northing",300000]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

CONVERSION["Levant Zone",
    METHOD["Lambert Conic Near-Conformal",
        ID["EPSG",9817]],
    PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",34.65,
        ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
        ID["EPSG",8801]],
    PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",37.35,
        ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
        ID["EPSG",8802]],
    PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996256,
        SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
        ID["EPSG",8805]],
    PARAMETER["False easting",300000,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
        ID["EPSG",8806]],
    PARAMETER["False northing",300000,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
        ID["EPSG",8807]],
    ID["EPSG",19940]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJECTION["Lambert_Conic_Near-Conformal"],
PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",34.65],
PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",37.35],
PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996256],
PARAMETER["False easting",300000.0],
PARAMETER["False northing",300000.0]

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "Conversion",
    "name": "Levant Zone",
    "method": {
        "name": "Lambert Conic Near-Conformal",
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 9817
        }
    },
    "parameters": [
        {
            "name": "Latitude of natural origin",
            "value": 34.65,
            "unit": "degree",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8801
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Longitude of natural origin",
            "value": 37.35,
            "unit": "degree",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8802
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Scale factor at natural origin",
            "value": 0.9996256,
            "unit": "unity",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8805
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "False easting",
            "value": 300000,
            "unit": "metre",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8806
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "False northing",
            "value": 300000,
            "unit": "metre",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8807
            }
        }
    ],
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 19940
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

19940=PROJECTION["Lambert_Conic_Near-Conformal"],PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",34.65],PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",37.35],PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996256],PARAMETER["False easting",300000],PARAMETER["False northing",300000]

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 19940, 'EPSG', 19940, 'None', 'PROJECTION["Lambert_Conic_Near-Conformal"],PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",34.65],PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",37.35],PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996256],PARAMETER["False easting",300000],PARAMETER["False northing",300000]');