Standard Parallels used on ICAO 500k charts ?
The ICAO charts use a Lambert conformal conic projection which is only completely scale-accurate along the two standard parallels, with the distortion increasing as you move away from these lines.
My question is: I am looking at a single ICAO chart (northern Germany) which may be one of a large set (Europe presumably). Is the projection generated using standard parallels that best display the complete area of Europe and then chopped up into individual charts, or is the projection performed so that the parallels fall within a single chart ? If it is done on a single chart basis, do the individual charts fit together ?
Thanks for any help
hugel