Map Projections of Belgium

Collection by Stefan A. Voser		 MapRef
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14. June 1999

Map Projection
  • Lambert Conformal Conic, Datum Géodésique 1972 (DG 1972)
  • Several Parametrisations were found.
A) Institut Géographique National - Belgique
   National Geographic Institute - Belgium 
Projection     LAMBERT
Units          METERS
Spheroid       INT1909
Parameters
49 50 00.00204 /* 1st standard parallel
51 10 00.00204 /* 2nd standard parallel
4 22 02.95200  /* central meridian
90 00 00.00000 /* latitude of projection's origin
150000.013     /* false easting (meters)
5400088.438   /* false northing (meters)
B) Hooijberg
   Practical Geodesy - Using Computers, Springer 1997



Projection     LAMBERT
Units          METERS
Spheroid       INT1909
Parameters
49 50 00.00    /* 1st standard parallel
51 10 00.00    /* 2nd standard parallel
4 21 24.983    /* central meridian
50 47 57.704   /* latitude of projection's origin
150000.01256   /* false easting (meters)
165372.95628   /* false northing (meters)



C) ESRI-L Discussion List, 21. Mar 97; Simon Wright



Projection     LAMBERT
Units          METERS
Spheroid       INT1909
Parameters
49 50 00.00    /* 1st standard parallel
51 10 00.00    /* 2nd standard parallel
 4 22 04.71    /* central meridian
90 00 00.00    /* latitude of projection's origin
 150000.01256  /* false easting (meters)
5400088.5378   /* false northing (meters)
Sample Data: Belgian Datum 1972 <-> Lambert 1972 

BD 72 

lat.   51°18'39".48882 N
long.   3°10'03".41519 E        
Lambert 72 
    northing   66333.00 m
easting   222966.00 m

BD 72 
lat.   51°08'10".75864 N
long.   5°27'47".75844 E      
Lambert 72
    northing  226696.00 m
easting   203425.00 m

BD 72 
lat.   50°29'57".14179 N
long.   4°03'01".99697 E      
Lambert 72
    northing  127514.00 m
easting   132032.00 m

References
See above.
NGI/IGN-B June 1999.
http://www.ngi.be/HTML-files/dutch/0038.htm (dutch)
http://www.ngi.be/HTML-files/french/0038.htm (french)
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