David,
I was so happy it worked, I forgot to mention one minor point for the
benefit of anyone else you may run into this... it's the false Northing that
I changed (not the false Easting).
David
David wrote in message
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> Hi David,
>
> There was a bad definition for the old Map versions for the Teale
> definition. I'd try modifying the CATeale definition so that the False
> Easting is MINUS 4000000 instead of plus. The rest of the definition is
> fine.
>
> If that doesn't work, let me know.
>
> Cheers,
> David Walsh
>
> If that doesn't work
> "David" wrote in message
> news:30116C952D99EA544D33ACEC65C97932@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > I've downloaded some USGS DRG files available from the California
Spatial
> > Information Library. They are located in part of the state of
California
> > and represented to be in the "Albers Equal Area Projection" . I've
tried
> to
> > assign the following coordinate zones within AutoCAD Map5 to the source
> > drawings (DRGs) with no success.
> >
> > 1. "CATeale" (NAD27 Albers Equal Area for California, Meter)
> > 2. "CA-VII" (NAD27 California State Planes, Zone VII, US Foot),
> > 3. "US48" (48 States; NAD27 Albers Equal Area, 1:2000,000 DLG
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a coordinate system to pick from within the
> > program which will work? If not, is there one that you can modify to
work
> > for this source?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
> >
> >
>
>