Datums and coordinate systems

Introduction

Geocap uses GEOTRANS for geodetic conversion of coordinates. Read more about Geodetic Conversion in Geocap.

Datums available in Geocap

WGE World Geodetic System 1984
WGC World Geodetic System 1972
EUR-7 EUROPEAN 1950, Mean (7 Param)
OGB-7 ORDNANCE GB 1936, Mean (7 Para)
ADI-M ADINDAN, Mean
ADI-A ADINDAN, Ethiopia
ADI-B ADINDAN, Sudan
ADI-C ADINDAN, Mali
ADI-D ADINDAN, Senegal
ADI-E ADINDAN, Burkina Faso
ADI-F ADINDAN, Cameroon
AFG AFGOOYE, Somalia
AIA ANTIGUA ISLAND ASTRO 1943
AIN-A AIN EL ABD 1970, Bahrain
AIN-B AIN EL ABD 1970, Saudi Arabia
AMA AMERICAN SAMOA 1962
ANO ANNA 1 ASTRO 1965, Cocos Is.
ARF-M ARC 1950, Mean
ARF-A ARC 1950, Botswana
ARF-B ARC 1950, Lesotho
ARF-C ARC 1950, Malawi
ARF-D ARC 1950, Swaziland
ARF-E ARC 1950, Zaire
ARF-F ARC 1950, Zambia
ARF-G ARC 1950, Zimbabwe
ARF-H ARC 1950, Burundi
ARS-M ARC 1960, Kenya & Tanzania
ARS-A ARC 1960, Kenya
ARS-B ARC 1960, Tanzania
ASC ASCENSION ISLAND 1958
ASM MONTSERRAT ISLAND ASTRO 1958
ASQ ASTRO STATION 1952, Marcus Is.
ATF ASTRO BEACON E 1945, Iwo Jima
AUA AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC 1966
AUG AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC 1984
BAT DJAKARTA, INDONESIA
BID BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau
BER BERMUDA 1957, Bermuda Islands
BOO BOGOTA OBSERVATORY, Columbia
BUR BUKIT RIMPAH, Banka & Belitung
CAC CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla & Bahamas
CAI CAMPO INCHAUSPE 1969, Arg.
CAO CANTON ASTRO 1966, Phoenix Is.
CAP CAPE, South Africa
CAZ CAMP AREA ASTRO, Camp McMurdo
CCD S-JTSK, Czech Republic
CGE CARTHAGE, Tunisia
CHI CHATHAM ISLAND ASTRO 1971, NZ
CHU CHUA ASTRO, Paraguay
COA CORREGO ALEGRE, Brazil
DAL DABOLA, Guinea
DID DECEPTION ISLAND
DOB GUX 1 ASTRO, Guadalcanal Is.
EAS EASTER ISLAND 1967
ENW WAKE-ENIWETOK 1960
EST ESTONIA, 1937
EUR-M EUROPEAN 1950, Mean (3 Param)
EUR-A EUROPEAN 1950, Western Europe
EUR-B EUROPEAN 1950, Greece
EUR-C EUROPEAN 1950, Norway & Finland
EUR-D EUROPEAN 1950, Portugal & Spain
EUR-E EUROPEAN 1950, Cyprus
EUR-F EUROPEAN 1950, Egypt
EUR-G EUROPEAN 1950, England, Channel
EUR-H EUROPEAN 1950, Iran
EUR-I EUROPEAN 1950, Sardinia(Italy)
EUR-J EUROPEAN 1950, Sicily(Italy)
EUR-K EUROPEAN 1950, England, Ireland
EUR-L EUROPEAN 1950, Malta
EUR-S EUROPEAN 1950, Iraq, Israel
EUR-T EUROPEAN 1950, Tunisia
EUS EUROPEAN 1979
FAH OMAN
FLO OBSERVATORIO MET. 1939, Flores
FOT FORT THOMAS 1955, Leeward Is.
GAA GAN 1970, Rep. of Maldives
GEO GEODETIC DATUM 1949, NZ
GIZ DOS 1968, Gizo Island
GRA GRACIOSA BASE SW 1948, Azores
GUA GUAM 1963
GSE GUNUNG SEGARA, Indonesia
HEN HERAT NORTH, Afghanistan
HER HERMANNSKOGEL, old Yugoslavia
HIT PROVISIONAL SOUTH CHILEAN 1963
HJO HJORSEY 1955, Iceland
HKD HONG KONG 1963
HTN HU-TZU-SHAN, Taiwan
IBE BELLEVUE (IGN), Efate Is.
IDN INDONESIAN 1974
IND-B INDIAN, Bangladesh
IND-I INDIAN, India & Nepal
IND-P INDIAN, Pakistan
INF-A INDIAN 1954, Thailand
ING-A INDIAN 1960, Vietnam 16N
ING-B INDIAN 1960, Con Son Island
INH-A INDIAN 1975, Thailand
INH-A1 INDIAN 1975, Thailand
IRL IRELAND 1965
ISG ISTS 061 ASTRO 1968, S Georgia
IST ISTS 073 ASTRO 1969, Diego Garc
JOH JOHNSTON ISLAND 1961
KAN KANDAWALA, Sri Lanka
KEG KERGUELEN ISLAND 1949
KEA KERTAU 1948, W Malaysia & Sing.
KUS KUSAIE ASTRO 1951, Caroline Is.
LCF L.C. 5 ASTRO 1961, Cayman Brac
LEH LEIGON, Ghana
LIB LIBERIA 1964
LUZ-A LUZON, Phillipines
LUZ-B LUZON, Mindanao Island
MAS MASSAWA, Ethiopia
MER MERCHICH, Morocco
MID MIDWAY ASTRO 1961, Midway Is.
MIK MAHE 1971, Mahe Is.
MIN-A MINNA, Cameroon
MIN-B MINNA, Nigeria
MOD ROME 1940, Sardinia
MPO M'PORALOKO, Gabon
MVS VITI LEVU 1916, Viti Levu Is.
NAH-A NAHRWAN, Masirah Island (Oman)
NAH-B NAHRWAN, United Arab Emirates
NAH-C NAHRWAN, Saudi Arabia
NAP NAPARIMA, Trinidad & Tobago
NAR-A NORTH AMERICAN 1983, Alaska
NAR-B NORTH AMERICAN 1983, Canada
NAR-C NORTH AMERICAN 1983, CONUS
NAR-D NORTH AMERICAN 1983, Mexico
NAR-E NORTH AMERICAN 1983, Aleutian
NAR-H NORTH AMERICAN 1983, Hawaii
NAS-A NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Eastern US
NAS-B NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Western US
NAS-C NORTH AMERICAN 1927, CONUS
NAS-D NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Alaska
NAS-E NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Canada
NAS-F NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Alberta/BC
NAS-G NORTH AMERICAN 1927, E. Canada
NAS-H NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Man/Ont
NAS-I NORTH AMERICAN 1927, NW Terr.
NAS-J NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Yukon
NAS-L NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Mexico
NAS-N NORTH AMERICAN 1927, C. America
NAS-O NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Canal Zone
NAS-P NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Caribbean
NAS-Q NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Bahamas
NAS-R NORTH AMERICAN 1927, San Salv.
NAS-T NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Cuba
NAS-U NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Greenland
NAS-V NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Aleutian E
NAS-W NORTH AMERICAN 1927, Aleutian W
NSD NORTH SAHARA 1959, Algeria
OEG OLD EGYPTIAN 1907
OGB-M ORDNANCE GB 1936, Mean (3 Para)
OGB-A ORDNANCE GB 1936, England
OGB-B ORDNANCE GB 1936, Eng., Wales
OGB-C ORDNANCE GB 1936, Scotland
OGB-D ORDNANCE GB 1936, Wales
OHA-M OLD HAWAIIAN (CC), Mean
OHA-A OLD HAWAIIAN (CC), Hawaii
OHA-B OLD HAWAIIAN (CC), Kauai
OHA-C OLD HAWAIIAN (CC), Maui
OHA-D OLD HAWAIIAN (CC), Oahu
OHI-M OLD HAWAIIAN (IN), Mean
OHI-A OLD HAWAIIAN (IN), Hawaii
OHI-B OLD HAWAIIAN (IN), Kauai
OHI-C OLD HAWAIIAN (IN), Maui
OHI-D OLD HAWAIIAN (IN), Oahu
PHA AYABELLE LIGHTHOUSE, Djibouti
PIT PITCAIRN ASTRO 1967
PLN PICO DE LAS NIEVES, Canary Is.
POS PORTO SANTO 1936, Madeira Is.
PRP-A PROV. S AMERICAN 1956, Bolivia
PRP-B PROV. S AMERICAN 1956, N Chile
PRP-C PROV. S AMERICAN 1956, S Chile
PRP-D PROV. S AMERICAN 1956, Colombia
PRP-E PROV. S AMERICAN 1956, Ecuador
PRP-F PROV. S AMERICAN 1956, Guyana
PRP-G PROV. S AMERICAN 1956, Peru
PRP-H PROV. S AMERICAN 1956, Venez
PRP-M PROV. S AMERICAN 1956, Mean
PTB POINT 58, Burkina Faso & Niger
PTN POINT NOIRE 1948, Congo
PUK PULKOVO 1942, Russia
PUR PUERTO RICO & Virgin Is.
QAT QATAR NATIONAL
QUO QORNOQ, South Greenland
REU REUNION, Mascarene Is.
SAE SANTO (DOS) 1965
SAO SAO BRAZ, Santa Maria Is.
SAP SAPPER HILL 1943, E Falkland Is
SAN-M SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Mean
SAN-A SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Argentina
SAN-B SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Bolivia
SAN-C SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Brazil
SAN-D SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Chile
SAN-E SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Colombia
SAN-F SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Ecuador
SAN-G SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Guyana
SAN-H SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Paraguay
SAN-I SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Peru
SAN-J SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Baltra
SAN-K SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Trinidad
SAN-L SOUTH AMERICAN 1969, Venezuela
SCK SCHWARZECK, Namibia
SGM SELVAGEM GRANDE 1938, Salvage Is
SHB ASTRO DOS 71/4, St. Helena Is.
SOA SOUTH ASIA, Singapore
SPK-A S-42 (PULKOVO 1942), Hungary
SPK-B S-42 (PULKOVO 1942), Poland
SPK-C S-42 (PK42) Former Czechoslov.
SPK-D S-42 (PULKOVO 1942), Latvia
SPK-E S-42 (PK 1942), Kazakhstan
SPK-F S-42 (PULKOVO 1942), Albania
SPK-G S-42 (PULKOVO 1942), Romania
SRL SIERRA LEONE 1960
TAN TANANARIVE OBSERVATORY 1925
TDC TRISTAN ASTRO 1968
TIL TIMBALAI 1948, Brunei & E Malay
TOY-A TOKYO, Japan
TOY-B TOKYO, South Korea
TOY-B1 TOKYO, South Korea
TOY-C TOKYO, Okinawa
TOY-M TOKYO, Mean
TRN ASTRO TERN ISLAND (FRIG) 1961
VOI VOIROL 1874, Algeria
VOR VOIROL 1960, Algeria
WAK WAKE ISLAND ASTRO 1952
YAC YACARE, Uruguay
ZAN ZANDERIJ, Suriname
KGS KOREAN GEO DATUM 1995, S Korea
SIR SIRGAS, South America

Cordinate systems available in Geocap

Geodetic
GEOREF
Geocentric
Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)
Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS)
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
Albers Equal Area Conic
Azimuthal Equidistant
Bonne
British National Grid (BNG)
Cassini
Cylindrical Equal Area
Equidistant Cylindrical
Eckert IV
Eckert VI
Gnomonic
Lambert Conformal Conic
Mercator
Miller Cylindrical
Mollweide
New Zealand Map Grid (NZMG)
Ney's (Modified Lambert Conformal Conic)
Oblique Mercator
Orthographic
Polar Stereographic
Polyconic
Sinusoidal
Stereographic
Transverse Cylindrical Equal Area
Transverse Mercator
Van der Grinten

Other projections

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