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Introduction

In Geocap it is the responsibility of the user to secure that data have the correct Datum and Coordinate system, also called a Projection. Datasets with the same geographical location but with different coordinate system will not be displayed in the same graphical window. Thus, you will need to convert one of the datasets to the other coordinate system.

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GEOTRANS

Geocap uses GEOTRANS for geodetic conversion of coordinates. The following statement applies: The product was developed using GEOTRANS, a product of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center.

Through GEOTRANS, Geocap can convert datasets between more than 200 Datums, and 32 different projections and coordinate systems. See the full list in the Appendix.

Converting datasets

The command menu is the same for all conversions, however there has been made four instances of it with pre-defined settings, for your convenience:

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