Appendix D : Cartographic Materials Codes
These lists are based on Ministry of Defence Mapping and Charting Establishment practice.
Field 31 - Character positions 1-4: Relief codes
CODE
DEFINITION
a
Contours
b
Tonal hill shading
c
Hypsometric tints – layer method
d
Hachures
e
Bathymetry – sounding
f
Form lines
g
Spot heights
h
Other methods in colour (e.g. in the style of
Imhof)
i
Pictorial
j
Land forms (e.g. in the sytle of Lobeck,
Raisz, Fenneman)
k
Bathymetry – isolines
l
Bathymetry – tints
m
Ridge lines
z
Other
Field 031 - Character positions 5-6: Projection type codes
AZIMUTHAL OR ZENITHAL
CONIC PROJECTIONS
PROJECTIONS
aa Aitoff
ca
Alber’s equal area
ab Gnomonic
cb
Bonne
ac Lambert’s azimuthal equal area
cc
Lambert’s conformal conic
ad Orthographic
cd
Polyconic (simple)
ae Azimuthal equidistant
ce
Miller’s bipolar oblique conformal
conic
af Stereographic
cf
D Lisle
ag Other Azimuthal equal area
cg
Projection of the International
Map of World
au Azimuthal, specific type unknown ch
Tissot’s conformal conic
az Azimuthal, other known specific
type
cu
Conic, specific type unknown
cz
Conic, other known specific type
CYLINDRICAL
PROJECTIONS
OTHER PROJECTIONS
ba Gall
da
Armadillo
bb Homolographic
db
Butterfly
bc Lambert’s cylindrical equal area
dd
Goode’s homolosine
bd Mercator
df
Van der Grinten
be Miller’s cylindrical
dg
Dymaxion
bf Molweide
dh
Cordiform
bg Sinusoidal
di
Polyhedric
bh Transverse Mercator
uu
Type of projection unknown
bj Plate Carree
zz
Other known type
bk Cassini’s
bl
Laborde
bm Oblique Mercator
bu Cylindrical, specific type unknown
bz Cylindrical, other known specific
type
Field 031 - Character position 7: Property codes
CODE
DEFINITION
a
Conformal
b
Equal-area
c
Equidistant
u
Property of projection unknown
y
Projection had no property
z
Other known property
Field 031 - Character positions 8-9 & 10-11: Prime meridian codes
PRIME
CODE
PRIME
MERIDIAN
CODE
PRIME
MERIDIAN
CODE
MERIDIAN
Amersfoort
bs
Cordoba
am
Padang
ci
Amsterdam
ab
Edinburgh
ce
Paris
bg
Antwerp
bt
Genoa
cf
Philadelphia
bi
Athens
ac
Greenwich
aa
Pulkovo
bj
Azores
ca
Helsinki
ao
Quito
cj
Batavia
ad
Hierro, Canary Is
an
Rio de Janeiro
bk
Beijing
bh
Istanbul
ap
Rome
bl
Berlin
cb
Jakarta
ad
Rotterdam
ck
Berne
ae
Julianehåb
aq
San Fernando
Bogata
af
Leningrad
cg
Santiago
bm
Bombay
ag
Lisbon
ar
South Sumatra
cn
Borneo
cm
London
as
Stockholm
bn
Brussels
ah
Madeira Island
ch
Sucre
co
Bucharest
cc
Madras
at
Sydney
bo
Cadiz
ai
Madrid
ba
Tiranë
bp
Canary Islands
ct
Mexico City
bb
Tokyo
bq
Cape Town
aj
Moscow
bc
Washington DC
br
Caracas
ak
Munich
bd
Unknown meridian
uu
Celebes
cd
Naples
be
Other known
meridian
zz
Copenhagen
al
Oslo
bf
cl
Field 032 $a : Spheroid Codes
SPHEROID
CODE
SPHEROID
CODE
Airy (1830)
aa
Helmert 1906
an
Australian National (1966)
ab
International 1924
ao
Bessel 1841
ac
Kragenhoff
ap
Clarke 1858
ad
Krasovskiy 1848
aq
Clarke 1866
ae
Müffling 1821
ar
Clarke 1880
af
S. E. Asia (‘Fischer 155’)
as
Clarke 1880 (modified)
ag
Struve
at
Clarke 1880 (Palestine)
ah
Svanberg
ba
Danish (Andreae)
ai
Walbeck
bc
Delambre (Carte de France)
aj
War Office (McCaw) 1924
bd
Everest (1830)
ak
World Geodetic System 1972-
be
Everest (Borneo)
am
Zhylinskiy (‘Adjustment
Spheroid’)
bb
Everest (Mayala)
al
Unknown spheroid
uu
Hayford 1909 (and 1910)
ao
Other known spheroid
zz
Field 032 $b : Horizontal datum Codes: A
CODE
DEFINITION
taa
Astronomically determined
tab
Local
tac
Local astro
tad
No datum
tae
Other known horizontal datum
zzz
Other unknown horizontal datum
aaa Abidjan
aab
Abra Pampa,
Argentina
aac Abrolhos Lighthouse,
Brazil
aad
Abut Head (Okarito
Meridional Circuit)
South Island, New
Zealand
aae Accra, Leigon Pillar
(GCS No.121), Ghana
aaf
Aden Observatory
aag Aden Datum
aah
Adelaide Observatory,
South Australia
aai
aaj
Adindan (30th
Meridian) Datum,
Sudan
aak Adjusted between Red
Bridge Datum and
Nanking Datum
aal
Aee Peir, Phoenix
Islands
aam Aerodist Datum
aan
African Datum
aao Agourai Base North
End, Morocco
aap
Agri (Danish GI
1934), Denmark
aaq Agrihan Astronomic
Station (1920),
Marianas Islands
aar
Ahaura (Grey
Meridional Circuit),
South Island, New
Zealand
aas Ain el Abd, Kuwait
aat
Akmolinsk Mosque
aba Akra Milon (CumBurnu), Leros
abb
Akureuri, Iceland
abc Alamagan Astromic
Station (192), Mariana
Islands
abd
Albasin
abe Al Bushairyah, Qatar
abf
Al Da Asa, Arabia
abg Aleksandrovsk,
Russian Federation
abh
Alma Ata, Kazakhstan
abi
American Samoa
Datum 1962
abj
Amersfoort 1885
abk Anatahan Astronomic
Station (1920),
Marcus Islands
abl
Anatahan E, 29th Engr
1964, Mariana Is.
abm Angola Datum, Angola
abn
Ankara
abo An-lu Astro, China
abp
A Patutahi, New
Adjusted between
Hong Kong and
Nanking Astronomic
Points
Zealand
abq Aon Island
Triangulation Station,
Utirik Atoll, Marshall
Islands
abr
Apia Observatory
Tranist House, Opolu
Island, Samoa
abs Apollo 15 Datum,
Moon
abt
Approximate
European Datum,
Afghanistan
aca Approximate
European Datum,
Cyprus
acb
Approximate
European Datum,
Egypt
acc Approximate
European Datum, Iran
acd
Approximate
European Datum, Iraq
ace Approximate
European Datum,
Israel
acf
Approximate
European Datum,
Jordan
acg Approximate
European Datum
Libya
aci
Approximate
European Datum,
Syria
acj
Approximate
European Datum
Turkey
ack
Approximate Hong
Kong Datum
acl
Approximate Indian
1960 Datum
acm Approximate Indian
Datum, Afghanistan
acn Approximate Indian
Datum, Burma
aco
Approximate Indian
Datum, Cambodia,
Laos, Vietnam
acp Approximate Indian
Datum, India
acq
Approximate Indian
Datum, Thailand
acr
Approximate
Kweiyang, China
acs
Approximate Luzon
Datum, Philippines
act
Approximate Nanking
Datum
ada
Approximate Nanking
1960 Datum
adb Approximate North
American Datum
1927, Greater Antilles
adc
Approximate Old
Hawaiian Datum
add Approximate Red
Bridge Datum
ade
Approximate Tokyo
Datum
adf Arahodoka-Byo Astro
adg
Arc (of the 30th
Meridian) 1935
Datum, Africa
adh Arc (of the 30th
Meridian) 1950
Datum, Africa
adi
Arc (of the 30th
Meridian) 1960
Datum, Africa
adj
Arc (of the 30th
Meridian)
(unspecified) Datum,
Africa
adk
Archway Rock, Gough
Island
adl
Arequipa Astro,
Bolivia
adm Arkhangel'sk, Russian
Federation
adn Arumenii Island
Triangulation Station,
Bikor Atoll, Marshall
Islands
ado
Arutunga (Anchorage)
Observation Spot,
Aitutaki Island, Cook
Islands
adp A.S. 120 Tokong Hill,
Balik Papan,
Kalimantan, Indonesia
adq
Ascension Astro 1955
adr Ascension Island 1958
ads
Ashkhabad,
Turkmenistan
adt Asor Astro 1966,
aea
Astro Observation
Caroline Islands
Point East Island
Maug, Mariana Islands
aeb Astro Observation
Point Pagan, Mariana
Islands
aec
Astro Observation
Point Rota, Mariana
Islands
aed Astro Observation
Point Uracus, Mariana
Islands
aee
Astro Pier, Swains
Island, Samoa
aef
aeg
Astro 502, USSR
aeh Astro 809, USSR
aei
Astronomic Point
(1951) Yap, Caroline
Islands
aej
Astronomic Station
(1951), Elato Atoll,
Caroline Islands
aek
Astronomic Station
(1952) Marcus Is.
ael
Astronomic Station 'A'
(1951), Jemo Island,
Marshall Islands
aem Astronomic Station
Bab South (1947),
Babelthaup Island,
Caroline Islands
Astro - 1958,
Montserrat
aen Astronomic Station
Beacon E (1945), IwoJima, Bonin Islands
aeo
Astronomic Station B1
(1920), Gaferut
Island, Caroline
Islands
aep Astronomic Station B4
(1920), Sorol Atoll,
Caroline Islands
aeq
Astronomic Station
Hong (1947),
Admiralty Islands
aer Astronomic Station
Mirami-OaguriShima, Daito Islands,
Ryukyu Islands
aes
Astronomic Station
Nishino-Shimo, Bonin
Islands
aet Astronomic Station
No. B (1921), Ifalik
Atoll, Caroline Islands
afa
Astronomic Station
No. B1 (1921), Pulap
Atoll, Caroline Islands
afb Astronomic Station
No. 1 (1951), Nomoi
Islands, Caroline
Islands
afc
Astronomic Station
No.1 (1951), Pingelap
Island, Caroline
Islands
afd Astronomic Station
No. 1 (1951), Puluwat
Atoll, Caroline Islands
afe
Astronomic Station
No. 1 (1951), Woleai
Atoll, Caroline Islands
aff
afg
Astronomic Station
No. 2 (1951), Majuro
Atoll, Marshall Islands
afh Astronomic Station
No. 2 (1951), Truk
Island, Caroline
Islands
afi
Astronomic Station
No. 2 (1952), Wake
Island
afj
Astronomic Station
No. 4 (1951),
Mukuoro Atoll,
Caroline Islands
afk
Astronomic Sation No.
8 (1951), Ngatik Atoll,
Caroline Islands
afl
Astronomic Station
No. 19 (1951),
Nomwin Atoll, Caroline
Islands
afm Astronomic Station
No. 32 (1951), Ulithi
Atoll, Marshall Islands
Astronomic Station
No. 1-A (1951),
Namorik Atoll,
Marshall Islands
afn Astronomic Station
No. 42 (1952),
Kwajalein Atoll,
Marshall Islands
afo
Astronomic Station
No. 61-A (1951),
Jauluit Atoll, Marshall
Islands
afp Astronomic Station
afq
Astronomic Station
No. 5, Chichi-Jima,
Bonin Islands
Ponape (1951),
Ponape Island,
Senyavin Islands,
Caroline Islands
afr
Astronomical Fixation
W.A. 21, Western
Australia
afs
Astronomical Station,
Dunpu, New Guinea
aft
Astronomical Station,
Salankana, New
Guinea
aga
Astronomical Station,
Wau, New Guinea
agb Astro-Secor 1966,
Tarawa and Gilbert
Islands
agc
Asuncion Astronomic
Station (1920),
Mariana Islands
agd Atafu Astro, Atafu
Island, Tokelau Is.
age
Athens Datum
agf Athens National
Observatory
agg
Athi, Kenya
agh Austral Pillar W.A.,
Western Australia
agi
Australian Army
Observation Point L.A.
22, Lacrosse Island
agj
Australian Army
Observation Point
W.A. 3, Cockatoo
Island
agk
Australian Datum
agl
Australian Geodetic
agm Australian Provisional
Datum
agn Ayabacas Base, Peru
ago
Azabu Observatory,
Tokyo
agp B of base-Luiz
Correia, Brazil
agq
Baa-Ratti, Lesser
Sunda Islands
agr Bahia Honda,
Venezuela
ags
Baie du Morbihan
Base North End,
Kerguelen
agt Baker Island Astro
Pier, Oceania
aha
Baku-AleksandraNeviskiy Cathedral,
Azerbaijan
ahb Baku 1927 System,
Azerbaijan
ahc
Balanchan, Philippines
ahd Balikesir, Turkey
ahe
Baliza Chiriguano,
Graham Land,
Antarctica
ahf Baltra Island Astro,
Galapagos Island
ahg
Banjer Masin Astro,
Borneo
ahh Banika Island
Observation Spot,
Russel Island,
Solomon Islands
ahi
Bara Bay, Buru,
Moluccas, Indonesia
ahj Barcelona, Venezuela
ahk
Barreira do Monta,
Brazil
ahl
ahm Batavia, Java,
Indonesia
Base Este (Fort de
Coimbra), Brazil
ahn Bathurst Base East
End, Gambia
aho
Beacon A, Espiritu
Santo Island, New
Hebrides
ahp Beacon, Christmas
Island, Line Islands
ahq
Bekaa Badse, South
End, Lebanon
ahr Belgian 1950 System
(Lommel Signal)
ahs
Belgrano (old),
Argentina
aht Belgrano 1928,
Argentina
aia
Bengasi Lighthouse,
Libya
aib
Beni Meyimel,
Morocco
aic
Barracks, Libya
aid
Bermuda Datum 1943
aie
Bermuda Datum 1957
aif
Bermuda Datum 1959
aig
Bermuda Datum 1964
aih
Bern (1898)
aii
Biak Base West End,
Biak Island, Schouten
Islands
aij
Biao, Fernando Po
Island, Equatorial
Guinea
aik
Bikati (Pikhat) Island
Astro, Gilbert Is.
ail
Bikini, Marshall
Islands
aim
Binaro Astro, 1949
ain
Birnie Island, Phoenix
Island
aio
Bissau Base
Northwest End Pillar,
Guinea-Bissau
aip
Bjornova
aiq
Blumut, Johore,
Malaysia
air
Boa Entrada, 1955
ais
Boca Grande Astro,
Venezuela
ait
Boghra, Afghanistan
aja
Bogotá Observatorio,
Colombia
ajb Bogoslovskiy
ajc
Bogovskaya
ajd Bokku Island
Triangulation Station,
Wotje Atoll, Marshall
Islands
aje
Bolkhov
ajf
ajg
Bonto Island
Triangulation Station,
Marshall Islands
ajh Borowa Gora, Poland
aji
Borugu-Byo Astro,
China
ajj
Bosun Astro 1941,
Midway Islands
ajk
Botanical Hill, South
Island, N.Z.
ajl
Bowen Observation
Spot, Queensland,
Australia
ajm Brazzaville, Congo
(Brazzaville)
Bon Said Lighthouse,
Tunisia
ajn BS 67, Malaysia
ajo
Bucharest
ajp Buffelsfontein, South
Africa
ajq
Bukit Asa Datum,
Selangor, Malaysia
ajr
Bukit Panau,
Kelantan, Malaysia
ajs
Bukit Rimpan, Banka
Island, Indonesia
ajt
Bulgarian
aka
Buller, South Island,
New Zealand
akb Busoga, Uganda
akc
Busowa, Uganda
akd Bushehr, Iran
ake
Byrd Station,
Antarctica
akf
akg
Cagayan Sulu,
Philippines
akh Cairns, Queensland,
Australia
aki
Camacupa Base SW
End (Campo de
Aviacao), Angola
akj
Camorta, Nicobar
Islands
akk
Camp Area Astro
akl
Campo de Mayo Base,
Argentina
akm Campo Inchauspe,
Argentina
Cabo Bojador
Lighthouse, Western
Sahara
akn Campos Rodrigues,
Mozambique
ako
Cam Lang, Vietnam
akp Candlemas Island
akq
Canton Island Astro
Astro, Antarctica
1966
akr Cap Esteiras Astro
aks
Cape Canaveral
Datum, USA
akt Cape Hotham
Lighthouse, Northern
Territory, Australia
ala
Cape St. Jacques,
Vietnam
alb
Cape Town
Observatory, South
Africa
alc
Cape, South Africa
ald
Caracas (Observatorio
Cajigal) 1911
ale
Caracas (Observatorio
Cajigal) 1937
alf
Cardenas, Cuba
alg
Carthage
alh
Castanea delle Furie,
Sicily
ali
Castelli Base SE End,
Argentina
alj
Castelo di São Jorge,
Lisbon, Portugal
alk
Castiletes, Venezuela
all
Cay Panaeati Island,
Deboyne Islands,
Louisiade Archipelago
alm
Central Origin,
Australia
aln
Centro de Base (Mato
Grosso), Brazil
alo
Cerro de Montevideo,
Uruguay
alp
Cerro Puntiagudo,
Argentina
alq
Ceylon
alr
Chagos (Sao 69)
als
Ch'ang'chun,
Manchuria
alt
Ch'eng-te, Manchuria
ama Chi-kou-yang, China
amb Ch'in Hsien Astro,
China
amc Ch'ung-Yang, China
amd Chang-chia-kou,
China
ame Chatham Island
Astronomical Section,
Chatham Island, N. Z.
amf Chatham Island
Observatory, Port
Blair, Andaman
Islands
amg Chen-tu Astro, China
amh Chernyy Verkh,
Bulgaria
ami
amj Chichi Jima, Bonin
Islands
amk Chich-ch'eng Astro,
China
aml Chin-men'tao Astro,
China
amm Chiu-chiang Astro,
China
amn China Land Survey
School, China
amo Ching-chou Astro,
China
amp Ching-lo Astro, China
amq Ching-men Astro
(West Base), China
amr Cho-lu Astro, China
ams Chos Malal, Argentina
amt Christmas Island Astro
ana
Chua Astro
anb Chung-kung-ch'i
Astro, China
anc
Chufut-Kale
and Church (Luganville),
Espiritu Santo Island,
New Hebrides
ane
Chyahatsuro Astro,
China
anf Circuit, Rhodesia
ang
Clipperton Island
Astro 1957
anh Clipperton Island Light
1935
ani
Colline Verte
Lighthouse,
(Kwangshowan),
China
anj Conakry Pyramid of
ank
Congo Yella Base,
Chiao-shan, China
the Service
Géographique, Guinea
anl
Congreso Plaza
Constitucion,
Asunción, Paraguay
Zaire
anm Constanta, Romania
ann Cookes Pillar, Broome,
Western Australia
ano
Copenhagen (Nicolai),
Denmark
anp Cordoba
anq
Corrego Alegre, Brazil
anr Cotonou Astro
ans
Cruz Astro,
Guadalcanal, Solomon
Is.
ant Dacin-byo Astro,
China
aoa
Daito Shima Astro,
Ryukyu Islands
aob Dakar, Senegal
aoc
Danish Geodetic
Institute 1934 System
(AGRI)
aod Darwin Observation
Pillar, Northern
Territory, Australia
aoe
Datum da Ilha das
Flores and Corvo,
Azores
aof
aog
Datum du Ilha de São
Miguel-S, Bras, São
Miguel and Santa
Maria Is., Azores
aoh Datum Nacional (San
José), Chile
aoi
Davao, Mindinao,
Philippines
aoj
DC-3 Astro-1913, St.
Lucia
aok
Dedele Point
Observation Spot,
Papua
aol
Dergachi, Ukraine
aom Derna Lighthouse,
Libya
Datum de Ilha
Gracioso-Base SW,
Terceira, São Jorge,
Pico, Faial and
Gracioso, Azores
aon Desaiz, Martinique,
Lesser Antilles
aoo
Dili, Timor, Indonesia
aop Direction Island
Observation Spot,
Cocos (Keeling)
Islands
aoq
Djakarta New,
Indonesia
aor Dodo Island
Observation Spot,
Arno Atoll, Marshall
Islands
aos
Dominica Astro M-12,
Lesser Antilles
aot Dorpat II, Estonia
apa
DOS Astro Guxi
(Guadalcanal),
Solomon Islands
apb DOS Astro SLX2,
Sierra Leone
apc
DOS 415, Gambia
apd Douala Airfield
Flagstaff, Cameroon
ape
Dunnose
apf East Base, Loyalty
Islands
apg
East Mediterranean
Chain, Tunisia
aph Easter Island 1967
api
Eastern Rock, Poeloe
Bam, West Irian
apj
Egypt-1930
apk
El Aaiun, Western
Sahara
apl
El Bolson SB,
Argentina
apm Elbow Cay Light,
Bahamas
apn Emery Point
Lighthouse, Northern
Territory, Australia
apo
Enderbury Island
app Enibrik Island
apq
Eniibukku Island
Observation Spot,
Mogiri, Marshall
Islands
Observation Spot,
Ailinginae Atoll,
Marshall Islands
apr Eniirikku Island
Observation Spot,
Mogiri, Marshall
Islands
aps
Eniwetok Astro Pier,
Marshall Islands
apt Eniwetok-Wake 1960
Datum, Marshall
Islands
aqa
Enuebing
Triangulation Station,
Ailinglapalap Atoll,
Marshall Islands
aqb Enyvertok Island
Observation Spot,
Rongerik Atoll,
Marshall Islands
aqc
Erappu Channel
Triangulation Station,
Ailuk Atoll, Marshall
Islands
aqd Erdohegy, Hungary
aqe
Erh-lien Dabasu Astro,
China
aqf Estanques, Venezuela
aqg
ETC Longitude Pillar,
Malta
aqh European Datum
aqi
Extremo B2 Base
Forteleza, Brazil
aqj
Extremo SE da Base
(Minas Gerica), Brazil
aqk
Extremo Sul da Base
(Piaui), Brazil
aql
Faaire Island Astro
Station, Tuamoto
Archipelago
aqm Fais Astro, Fais Island,
Caroline Islands
aqn Fakfak, West Irian
aqo
Famagusta, Cyprus
aqp Fao, Iraq
aqq
Farallon de Medinilla
Astro Station (1921),
Mariana Islands
aqr Farallon de Pajaros
Astro Station (1920),
Mariana Islands
aqs
Fernando de Noronha
Astro, Brazil
aqt Fiji, 1956
ara
Final Sydney Datum
1941, New South
Wales, Australia
arb Final 1958, Iran
arc
Firestone Astro,
Liberia
ard First Astro 1942
are
Flagstaff Government
Station, Abaiang Atoll,
Gilbert Islands
arf
arg
Flores Astro 1939
arh Forteleza Astro, Brazil
ari
Fort Ambon,
Moluccas, Indonesia
arj
Fort Charles Flagstaff,
Greater Antilles
ark
Fort Cornwallis
Flagstaff, Penang
arl
Fort George
Observation Spot,
Cayman Islands
arm Fort St Louis Flagstaff,
Martinique
Flamingo Cay Light,
Bahamas
arn Fort Thomas 1955, St
Kitts-Nevis
aro
French Hydrographic
arp French Mission Astro,
Ecuador
arq
Front Range, New
Caledonia
arr
Fuglenes, Norway
ars
Gabon 1951
art
Gaferut Astro,
Caroline Islands
asa
Gahai-Byo Astro,
China
asb Gambia Datum,
Gambia
asc
Gan 1970
asd Gandajika Base, Zaire
ase
Gardner Island,
Phoenix Islands
asf
Gavan Sibir
asg
Gawler Downs, South
Island, N.Z.
ash Gellerthegy, Hungary
asi
Genoa 1908
asj
Genuk, Java
ask
Geodetic Datum 1949,
New Zealand
asl
Ghana Datum
asm Gladstone Observation
Spot, Queensland,
Australia
asn Goenoeng Dempo,
Sumatra
aso
Golf Links, Sarawak,
Malaysia
asp Gora A Krasnovodsk
Gur Yev
asq
Gorda Point
Lighthouse, Nicaragua
asr
Gould Astro,
Antarctica
ass
Goulter S Hill, South
Island, N.Z.
ast
Government General,
Dakar, Senegal
ata
Government Offices
Flagstaff, Singapore
atb Graciosa Base SW
End, Terceira, Azores
atc
Grasberg, New Guinea
atd Great Inagua Island
Light, Bahamas
ate
Great Isaacs Light,
Bahamas
atf
atg
Great Stirrup Cay
Astro, Bahamas
ath Greek Datum
ati
Greenwich
Observatory, UK
atj
Gromen 1951
atk
Grönfjörden, Svalbard
atl
Gronne Island,
Greenland
atm Grupo Escolar, Brazil
Great Ragged Island
Light, Bahamas
atn G Segara Datum,
Kalimantan, Indonesia
ato
G Serindung 1962
atp Guam 1913
atq
Guam 1963
atr
Guadalupe Astro 1946
ats
Guardia Vecchia,
Sardinia
att
Guasopa Woodlark
(Murua) Island,
Trobriand Islands
Field 032 $b : Horizontal datum Codes: B
CODE
DEFINITION
taa
Astronomically determined
tab
Local
tac
Local astro
tad
No datum
tae
Other known horizontal datum
zzz
Other unknown horizontal datum
baa Guayaquil Astro,
Ecuador
bab
Guguan Astro Station
(1920), Mariana Is.
bac Guhong Gajah Trom,
Trengganu, Malaysia
bad
Gunong Hijau Larut,
Perak, Malaysia
bae Gun Cay Light,
Bahamas
baf
Gun Hill, Negri
Sembilan, Malaysia
bag Ha-erh-pin, Manchuria
bah
Habay-La-Neuve Base
North End,
Luxembourg
bai
baj
Hainan Island, China
Hai-la-erh, Manchurai
bak Hairingassho-Byo
Astro, China
bal
Hallett Astro,
Antarctica
bam Hammond Rock Light,
New Guinea
ban
Hao'hsien Astro, China
bao Hanoi Belvedere
(Mirador), Vietnam
bap
Harbin, Manchuria
baq Harvey Cay Light,
Bahamas
bar
Hassetche Base South
End, Syria
bas Hawaiian Hiran, (WGS
1966)
bat
Helsinki, Kallio
Church, Finland
bba Herat North,
Afghanistan
bbb
Hermannskogel,
Austria
bbc Hito XVIII Astro, Chile
bbd
Hjörsey 1955, Iceland
bbe Ho-ching Astro, China
bbf
Hog Island Light,
Bahamas
bbg Hogsty Reef Light,
Bahamas
bbh
Hokkaido Central,
Japan
bbi
bbj
Hong Kong-Nanking
Astro Datum
bbk Hong Kong-New
Territories Datum
bbl
Hong Kong 1929
Datum
bbm Hong Kong 1963
bbn
Hope Bay, Graham
Land, Antarctica
bbo Horinhodoka Astro,
China
bbp
Hospital Astro,
Paraguay
bbq Hsi-an, China
bbr
Hsi-ta-shan,
Manchuria
bbs Hsin-Yang Astro,
China
bbt
Hsiu-Ying Astro, China
bca Hua-Shao-Ying Astro,
China
bcb
Huai-an Astro, China
bcc Huai-lai Astro, China
bcd
Huang River
Commission (1936)
bce Huirangi, North
Island, New Zealand
bcf
Hull Island, Phoenix
Islands
bcg Hun-chun, Manchuria
bch
Hun-shan System
bci
Hupeh, Arc 1, China
bcj
Hupeh, Arc 2, China
bck Hupeh, Arc 3, China
bcl
Hupeh, Arc 4, China
bcm Hupeh, Arc 5, China
bcn
Hupeh, Arc 6, China
bco Hupeh, Arc 7, 8 and
9A, China
bcp
Hupeh, Arc 10 and 11,
China
bcq Hupeh, Arc 12 and 22,
China
bcr
Hupeh, Arc 13 and
15A, China
bcs Hupeh, Arc 14, China
bct
Hupeh, Arc 16, China
bda Hupeh, Arc 17, China
bdb
Hupeh, Arc 18, China
bdc Hupeh, Arc 19, China
bdd
Hupeh, Arc 19A, China
bde Hupeh, Arc 20 and 21,
China
bdf
Hupeh Local, China
bdg Husdalen, Hopen
Island
bdh
Husvik Astro,
Antarctica
bdi
Hu-tzu-shan, Taiwan
bdk
I-chang Astro (South
Base), China
bdl
I-chou Astro, China
bdm I-Hsien Astro, China
Hole-in-the-Wall
Light, Bahamas
bdn I-shui Astro, China
bdo
Iben Astro 1947,
Caroline Islands
bdp Ikateq Astro 1945
bdq
Îlet à Cochons
Flagstaff, Guadeloupe
bdr Iligan, Mindanao,
Philippines
bds
Iloiolo, Panay,
Philippines
bdt Dal'nerechensk,
Russian Federation
bea
Indian Datum
beb Indian Datum 1916
bec
Indian Datum 1960
bed Ireland 1965
bee
Irkutsk, Russian
Federation
bef
beg
Ishpushta,
Afghanistan
beh Isla del Coco Astro
bei
Ists 973 Astro 1969
bej
Isolated Hill, South Is.
New Zealand
bek
Itaembe-Mini,
Argentina
bel
Italian Triang 19131914
bem Itarare N Base
Itajuba, Brazil
Ishigaki Shima Astro,
Ryukyu Islands
ben Iwo Jima, Bonin
Islands
beo
Jabal and Dukhan,
Bahrain Island
bep Jaragua, Brazil
beq
Jazirat Yaz (RAF Petrol
Tank), Sir Bani Yas
Island, United Arab
Emirates
ber Jesselton, Malaysia
bes
Jesuit College
Flagstaff, Belize
bet Jo-ch'i Astro, China
bfa
Johnston Island 1961
Datum
bfb Johnston Origin,
Northern Territory,
Australia
bfc
Juing-ch'eng Astro,
China
bfd Jung-shui Astro, China
bfe
Jurinet-2, Greater
Antilles
bff
bfg
Kalianpur Datum,
Pakistan/India
bfh Kalianpur Hill Station
(National Geodetic
Origin), India/Pakistan
bfi
Kandalaksha-St John
S Church, Russian
Federation
bfj
Kandawala Datum,
Ceylon
bfk
Kandilli, Turkey
bfl
Kantara, Cyprus
bfm Kapingamarangi
Astronomic Station
No. 3 (1951), Caroline
Islands
Kaarappu
Triangulation Point F6 (1918), Ant Atoll,
Caroline Islands
bfn Karamea, South
Island, New Zealand
bfo
Karpinsk, Russian
Federation
bfp Kasalinsk
bfq
Kashizan Datum,
Taiwan
bfr
Katanga, Zaire
bfs
Kauai
bft
Kavieng Astro, New
Ireland, Papua New
Guinea
bga
KCS2, Sierra Leone
bgb Kenya Colony, Uganda
(Rainsford 1948)
Datum
bgc
Kertau, Malaysia
bgd Kertau 1948 revised,
Malaysia
bge
Kertau (Everest)
Datum, Malaysia
bgf Kertau (Repsold
System) Malaysia
bgg
Kesztej
(Marosvasarhely),
Hungary
bgh Khao Luang, Thailand
bgi
Khartoum
bgj Kieta Astro,
Bougainville, Solomon
Is.
bgk
bgl
bgm Kobukutei, Pescadores
Kloster Ivanic,
Yugoslavia
Kili Island Observation
Spot, Marshall Islands
bgn Koepang, Timor,
Indonesia
bgo
Koh-I-Malik Siah,
Pakistan
bgp Kogo, Rio Muni,
Equatorial Guinea
bgq
Koiaris Astro 1947,
Bougainville, Solomon
Islands
bgr Koiterangi, South
Island, New Zealand
bgs
Korla Astro, China
bgt Koror Observation
Point, Caroline Is.
bha
Kos Forst (Coocastello), Kos
bhb Kostroma, Russian
Federation
bhc
Kowloon Observatory,
Hong Kong
bhd K'uei'tao, China
bhe
Ku-yuan, China
bhf Kuan-hsiang Shan,
China
bhg
Kuching Survey
Origin, Sarawak
bhh Kulusuk, Greenland
bhi
Kuo'hsien Astro, China
bhj Kusaie Astronomic
Station 3 (1951),
Caroline Islands
bhk
Kutaka, Okinawa,
Ryukyu Islands
bhl
bhm Kwajalein
Astronomical Position
US Navy 1944,
Marshall Islands
Kuybyshev-Orsk,
Russian Federation
bhn Kwangsi Province,
China
bho
Kwangtung, China
bhp Kweiyang, China
bhq
Kyushu West, Japan
bhr Kyustendil, Bulgaria
bhs
La Canoa
bht Lago Belgrano SB,
Argentina
bia
Lago Palena SB,
Argentina
bib
Lai-yang Astro, China
bic
Lamotrek Astronomic
Station (1951),
Lamotrek Atoll,
Caroline Islands
bid
Latvian
bie
Le Pouce, Mauritius
bif
Lee No 7 (Butler
1911-1913) Guam,
Mariana Islands
big
Legaspi, Luzon,
Philippines
bih
Leigon Pillar (GCS no
121), Accra
bii
Lemuta, Samoa
Islands
bij
Leninsk (Kol
Chugino),
Turkmenistan
bik
Leros (Lero-Pandelli),
Dodocanese
bil
Leste NE Base, Brazil
bim
Leuen Anchorage
Observation Spot,
Namu Atoll, Marshall
Islands
bin
Lib Island NW Edge,
Marshall Islands
bio
Li-ching Astro, China
bip
Li-shih Astro, China
biq
Liberia 1964 (Roberts
Field Astro)
bir
Liberian Government
bis
Limones Cuba,
Greater Antilles
bit
Lin-ch'ing Astro, China
bja
Lindis Peak, South Is.,
New Zealand
bjc
Lisbon (Castelo Di São
bjb Line Island Astro
Jorge)
bjd Listvenichnoye
bje
Little San Salvado
Light, Bahamas
bjf
Liu-k'o'tao, China
bjg
Lobito Base NE End,
Angola
bjh Lochmaben
Astronomical Station,
Tasmania
bji
Loma Quintana,
Venezuela
bjj
Longitude, Mariana
Islands
bjk
Lourenço Marques
Observatory,
Mozambique
bjl
Losap Astronomic
Station B3 (1924),
Losap Atoll, Caroline
Islands
bjm Losuia, Kiriwina
Island, Caroline Is.
bjn Lotj Island
Observation Spot, Lae
Atoll, Marshall Islands
bjo
Loudima, Congo
(Brazzaville)
bjp Lu-chi Astro, China
bjq
Le-feng Base East
End, China
bjr
Lu-kou'ch lao Astro,
China
bjs
Lung 'i'ou Astro, China
bjt
Lung-kuan Astro,
China
bka
Luzon Datum,
Philippines
bkb Maccio Air Navigation
Light (IAGS), Brazil
bkc
Macuco, Brazil
bkd Madagascar Datum
bke
Madeira Archipelago
bkf
Maderia, Brazil
bkg
Madrid 1853
bkh Magreva Island Base
North End, Gambier
Is., Tuamotu
Archipelago
bki
Mahon 1928,
Argentina
bkj
Mai, Lucipari Island,
Indonesia
bkk
Majuro Astronomic
Station 1944, Marshall
Islands
bkl
Malayan Revised
Datum, Malaysia
bkm Malta Datum, Malta
Island
bkn Man Island Light,
Bahamas
bko
Manchurian Principal
System
bkp Mandinga Astro,
Ecuador
bkq
Maniagassa Island
Astro Pier (1944),
Mariana Islands
bkr Manira
bks
Manokwari, West Irian
bkt Manon (Old),
Argentina
bla
Manton Triangulation
Point F2(1918),
Senyavin Island,
Caroline Islands
blb
Manton Observation
Spot, Molik Atoll,
Caroline Islands
blc
Marcus Astro 1961
bld
Marcus Astro 1965
ble
Marosvasarhely,
Hungary
blf
Martin Garciá,
Argentina
blg
Masira Island Astro,
1958
blh
Massoua, (Eritrea),
Ethiopia
bli
Matsu Datum
blj
Matsuwa Astro, Kuril
Islands
blk
Matupi Astro 1947,
New Britain, Papua
New Guinea
bll
Maug 1950 71st Esld,
blm
Maurice Datum,
Mariana Islands
Australia
bln
Mayo de Campo,
Argentina
blo
McKean Island,
Pheonix Islands
blp
McMurdo Camp Area,
Antarctica
blq
Medinella 29th Engr
Astro (1961), Mariana
Islands
blr
Mejit Astronomic
Station B1 (1919),
Mejit Island, Marshall
Islands
bls
Melbourne
Observatory, Australia
blt
Mellu Island
Traingulation Station,
Marshall Islands
bma Mellu Island
Traingulation Station
and Ringelap Island
Observation Spot,
Marshall Islands
bmb Merchich, Morocco
bmc Mercury (Fischer
1960) Datum
bmd Mesedeg, Turkey
bme Mi-shan I, Manchuria
bmf Mi-shan II, Manchuria
bmg Midway Astro 1961
bmh Miguelete N,
Argentina
bmi
bmj Militar, Argentina
bmk Minna, Nigeria
bml Misamis, Mindanao,
Philippines
bmm Misurata Marina, Libya
bmn Miyako Jima Astro,
Ryukyu Islands
bmo Moçãmedes, Angola
bmp Modified Mercury
(Fischer 1968)
bmq Mogadiscio, Somalia
bmr Molinduko, Kenya
bms Mombassa, Kenya
bmt Monavatu, Viti Levu
Island, Fiji Islands
bna
Montjong Lower
Datum, Sulawesi
bnb Monte das Mocas
Datum, Faial and
Terceira Islands,
Azores
bnc
Monte Mario 1875,
Rome
bnd Monte Mario 1940,
Rome
bne
Morro de Papagaio,
Principe Island
bnf Morro de Santo
Antonio, Brazil
bng
Moscow University
Obs
bnh Mösting 'A' 1960,
Moon
bni
Moulin Jarry,
Guadeloupe
bnj Mount Rapid, Fleurien
Peninsula, South
Australia
bnk
Mozambique
bnl
bnm Mt Cook, South
Island, New Zealand
Mt Campbell, Australia
Mildura Aerodrome,
Victoria, Australia
bnn Mt Eden, North Island,
New Zealand
bno
Mt Eleanor, South Is.,
New Zealand
bnp Mt Horrible, South Is.,
New Zealand
bnq
Mt Nicholas, South
Is., New Zealand
bnr Mt Pleasant, South
Is., New Zealand
bns
Mt Robinson, Malaysia
bnt Mt Stewart, North Is.,
New Zealand
bnu
Monte Verde 1951,
Cape Verde Is.
boa Mt York, South Island,
New Zealand
bob
Murilo Astronomic
Station No. 19 (1951),
Murilo Atoll, Caroline
Is.
boc M79, Iraq
bod
Nahrwan Datum, Iraq
boe Namoluk Astronomic
Station (1924),
Namoluk Atoll,
Caroline Islands
bof
Nan-ao'tao Astro,
China
bog Nanking Astro, China
boh
Nanking Datum 1960,
China
boi
boj
New British, UK
bok New Bulgarian
bol
New Danish System
(Buddings Station I
620, Copenhagen),
Denmark
bom New French, France
bon
New Egyptian, Egypt
boo New Lighthouse,
Tripoli
bop
New Pillar, Tanzania
boq New Sahara Datum
1959
bor
New South Wales,
Australia
bos New Sydney Datum,
Australia
bot
Ngatik Astronomic
Station No. 8 (1951),
Ngatik Atoll, Caroline
Is.
bpa Ngulu Astronomic
Station No. 1 (1951),
Ngulu Atoll, Caroline
Is.
bpb
Nicolai, Copenhagen
bpc Nigeria Datum
bpd
Nikolayev, Russian
Federation
bpe Nikolskoye Astro 1929
bpf
Niu-chiao'shan Astro,
China
bpg NMA/S/21 Azimuth
Island, Antarctica
bph
NMA/S/39 Wilkes
Station, Antarctica
bpi
bpj
Nordlaguna, Jan
Mayen Island
bpk North American
Datum
bpl
North American
Datum 1913
bpm North American
Datum 1927
bpn
North Astro 1947
bpo North Base Astro,
Antarctica
bpp
North Point Entrance
Island, Makin Atoll,
Gilbert Islands
bpq North Sahara Datum
1959
bpr
Northwest Point Astro,
Bahamas
bps Northwest Point Light,
Bahamas
bpt
Noumea, New
Caledonia
bqa Numbuiloa, Vanau
Levu Island, Fiji
bqb
Oakham Yof Base,
South End, Senegal
bqc Observatoire d'Uccle,
Belgium
bqd
Observatorio
Astronomica de la
Quinta Normal,
Santiago
bqe Observatorio
Astronomico de
Madrid
bqf
Observatorio da
Comissão, Brazil
bqg Observatorio National
do Rio de Janeiro
bqh
Observatorul
Astronomic Militar Din
Bucuresti (Dealul
Pisc), Romania
bqi
bqj
Observation Spot
Bairiki Island, Tarawa
Atoll, Gilbert Islands
Naparima Datum,
Trinidad and Tobago
Nomoi Astro, Caroline
Islands
Observation Point,
South Is., New
Zealand
bqk Observation Spot,
South Island, New
Zealand
bql
Observation Spot
Government Office,
Kariatebike, Abemama
Island, Gilbert Islands
bqm Observation Spot
(Taruia Pass)
Tongareva Island,
Cook Islands
bqn
Octopeque,
Guatemala
bqo Okinawa Datum 1927,
Ryukyu Islands
bqr
Okino-daito-shima
Astro, Daito Islands,
Ryukyu Islands
bqs Old British (Greenwich
Observatory)
bqt
Old Egyptian, Egypt
bra Old Hawaiian Datum
brb
Old Lighthouse, Tripoli
brc
brd
Opaki, North Island,
New Zealand
bre Oranhada Astro,
China
brf
Oranharaga-byo
Astro, China
brg Oranjaran-byo Astro,
China
brh
Ordnance Survey of
Great Britain (1936)
Datum
bri
brj
Ormoc, Leyte,
Philippines
brk Oroluk Astronomic
Station No.1 (1951),
Oroluk Atoll, Caroline
Is.
brl
Orsk, Russian
Federation
brm Osh, Kyrgyzstan
brn
Oslo Observatory
(Old)
bro Osuihe Astro, China
brp
Padang Base West
End, Sumatra
brq Paga Hill (1939), New
Guinea
brs
Pagan 1950 71st Esld,
Pagan Island, Mariana
Islands
brt
bsa
Pai-ling-miao Astro,
China
bsb Palau Astro, Caroline
Islands
bsc
Palermo, Argentina
bsd Palestine 1928
bse
Palmer Astro
bsf
bsg
Pandeli, Leros,
Deodecanese, Greece
bsh Pantheon, Paris
bsi
Pao-tou-Astro, China
bsj
Papatachi 1949, New
Zealand
bsk
Papeeete
Astronomical Pier,
Tahiti
bsl
Paraguari Base S End,
Paraguay
bsm Parana, Argentina
Old Sydney Datum,
NSW, Australia
Orenburg Cossacks
Pai-chieh'shan
Lighthouse, China
Panama-Colon,
Panama
bsn Parapara, South
Island, New Zealand
bso
Parece Vela
Astronomic Point,
Parece Vela (Douglas
Reef)
bsp Pency, Czechoslovkia
bsq
Pei-ching, China
bsr
Pei-king System 1954,
China
bss
Pei-li Astro (1940),
China
bst
Pei-ping, China
bta
Pei-ping 1954
System, China
btb Pelarang, Kalimantan,
Indonesia
btc
Pen Phare, Vietnam
btd Pepito, Bolivia
bte
Perak, Kedah,
Malaysia
btf
Perth Observatory,
Western Australia
btg
Perth 1899, Western
Australia
bth Pete Astro 1969,
Zanzibar
bti
Phare d'Ayabele,
Djibouti
btj
Phare du Cap Blanc,
Mauritania
btk
Phoenix Island
btl
Pico de las Nieves,
Gran Canaria
btm Pico de São Tomé,
São Tomé Island
btn Pico Norte
bto
Pidurutal Agala,
Ceylon
btp Pier Observation Spot,
Fila Harbour, Efate
Island, New Hebrides
btq
Pilar Astrónomico de
Ponta Grossa, Brazil
btr
Pilar Astrónomico (S
Paulo), Brazil
bts
Pilar de Observaciones
de Puerto, Argentina
btt
Pilar do Forte, Brazil
Field 032 $b : Horizontal datum Codes: C
CODE
DEFINITION
taa
Astronomically determined
tab
Local
tac
Local astro
tad
No datum
tae
Other known horizontal datum
zzz
Other unknown horizontal datum
caa
Pinder Point Light,
Bahamas
cab Pingelap Island
Observation Spot,
Caroline Islands
cac
Pintados SE Base,
Chile
cad P'ing-ti-ch Uan, China
cae
Pitcairn Astro 1967
caf
cag
Point A
Subcommission 5
Boundary Survey,
Chile-Argentina
cah Ponape Astro 1962
cai
Port Etienne,
Mauritania
caj
Port Huon Hospital
Bay Observation Spot,
Tasmania
cak
Port Langdon South
Base, Groote Eylandt,
Nothern Territory,
Australia
cal
Port Lockroy
Plantation Point, Jervis
Bay, Australian Capital
Territory, Australia
cam Porto Santo
Observatory, Madeira
can Poto Astro, Bolivia
cao
Potsdam
(Helmertturm),
Germany
cap Poulo Condore (Con
Son), Vietnam
caq
Pronto Socorro, Brazil
car Provisional Chilean
1963
cas
Provisional National,
Australia
cat Provisional South
American 1956 Datum
cba
Peurto Rico Datum
cbb Pulap Astronomic
Station No. B1 (1920),
Pulap Atoll, Caroline
Islands
cbc
Pulkovo 1913 System
cbd Pulkovo 1932 System
cbe
Pulkovo 1942 System
cbf Punaavia Base North
End, Tahiti
cbg
Puntarenas, Costa
Rica
cbh P2 Point, Ile des
Petrels, Adelie Land,
Antarctica
cbi
Quito Observatorio,
Ecuador
cbj Qornoq Datum,
Greenland
cbk
Ramakure-Byo Astro,
China
cbl
Ra usuva, Viti Levu
Island, Fiji
cbm Reconnaissance
Triangulation, Morocco
cbn Red Bridge Astronomic
Station, China
cbo
Residence Flagstaff,
Margarava Island,
Gambier Islands
cbp Reval (Tallin), Estonia
cbq
Reykjavik, Iceland
cbr Riga Petera Baznica,
Latvia
cbs
Rikuraru (Emijwan)
Island Triangulation
Station and Likiep
Island South Pass
Reef Triangulation
Station, Likier Atoll,
Marshall Islands
cbt Rio Benito, Rio Muni,
Equatorial Guinea
cca
Rongelap Island
Observation Spot,
Marshall Islands
ccb Rongelap 1959
Datum, Marshall Is.
ccc
Rota 1950 71 Esld,
Mariana Islands
ccd Royal Alfred Obsv.
Mauritania
cce
Royal Government of
Afghanistan
ccf
ccg
Rum Cay Ligh,
Bahamas
cch Sainte Anne I,
Guadeloupe
cci
Saipan Astro US Navy
1944, Saipan Island,
Mariana Islands
ccj
Sakura-dai I,
Manchuria
cck
Sakura-dai II,
Manchuria
ccl
Sakura-dai III,
Manchuria
Rube Point
Observation Spot, Ebo
Atoll, Marshall Islands
ccm Sama Base, Peru
ccn Samana Fort,
Dominican Republic
cco
Samate, Salawati
Island, West Irian
ccp Santa Maria-GS-8,
Grenada
ccq
Santa Maria Light,
Bahamas
ccr
San Fernando
Observatory, Spain
ccs
San Miguel Astro,
Ecuador
cct
San-tsao Tao Astro,
China
cda
San-ya Astro (1940),
China
cdb São Braz, São Migeul
and Santa Maria,
Azores
cdc
Sarigan Astronomic
Station (1921),
Mariana Islands
cdd Sarigan Astro 1964,
Mariana Islands
cde
Schwarzeck, South
West Africa
cdf Seba, Sawu Island,
Indonesia
cdg
Selwa, Arabia
cdh Semaphore Mast
Cayenne, French
Guiana
cdi
Semaphore of
cdj Semporna, Malaysia
Noumea (1935), New
Caledonia
cdk
Shah-ho-chen Astro,
China
cdl
Shan-hai-kuan
Lighthouse, China
cdm Shang-ch'uan Tao
Astro, China
cdn Shen'hsien Astro,
China
cdo
Shumushu Astro, Kuril
Islands
cdp Shun-i, China
cdq
Siamese, Thailand
cdr Sierra Leone Datum
cds
Signal Goeland,
Mauritania
cdt Sin-do, Manchuria
cea
Sinyum, Pahang,
Malaysia
ceb Smolensk Nikolai,
Russian Federation
cec
Socotra 1957
ced Soke, Turkey
cee
Soldano Rock,
Venezuela
cef
ceg
South African
ceh South American 1969
cei
South Asia Datum
cej
South Point Light,
Bahamas
cek
South Station,
Tongatobu, Tonga
cel
South Sumatra
Sommet Tano, New
Caledonia
cem Southeast Island,
Seychelles
cen Spitzbergen
ceo
Stalingrad-Kasan,
Russian Federation
cep Stockholm
ceq
Stocking Island Astro,
Bahamas
cer Stringer Trig, Papua
New Guinea
ces
St Helena 1906
cet St Louis, Senegal
cfa
St Matthew
Astronomical Datum,
Alaska
cfb St Paul-St George
1944 Datum, Pribilof
Islands, Alaska
cfc
St Petersburg, Russian
Federation
cfd St Stephen S Turm,
Vienna
cfe
Sui'hsien Astro, China
cff
cfg
Sul SW Base, Brazil
cfh Sumner Astro 1944,
Caroline Islands
cfi
Survey Beacon SLS
28/57/107, Sierra
Leone
cfj
Sverdlovsk,
Vozneseniya
Cathedral, Russian
Federation
cfk
Svobodnyy 1935
System, Russian
Federation
cfl
Sweetings Cay Light,
Bahamas
Sui-yang, China
cfm Sydney Island,
Phoenix Islands
cfn Sydney Observatory,
NSW, Australia
cfo
Szechwan, China
cfp Table Hill, New
Zealand
cfq
Ta-ch'ang-t'u Shan
Astro, China
cfr
Ta-sha-kang, China
cfs
Tacloban, Leyte,
Philippines
cft
Tai-lai I, Manchuria
cga
Tai-lai II, Manchuria
cgb Tai-lai III, Manchuria
cgc
Tai-lai IV, Manchuria
cgd Tai-lao VI, Manchuria
cge
Tai-ping-chiao,
Manchuria
cgf Taira Datum, MiyakaJima, Ryukyu Is.
cgg
Takowaka Island
Observation Spot,
Marshall Islands
cgh Talalabad, Afghanistan
cgi
Tananarive
Observatory Datum,
Madagascar
cgk Tanapag Harbor,
Saipan, Mariana Is.
cgl
Tang-yang Astro,
China
cgm Tao-hua-pao Astro,
China
cgn
Taongi Astro 1952
cgo Taroa Island
Triangulation Station,
Maloelap Atoll,
Marshall Islands
cgp
Tashkent 1875
System, Uzbekistan
cgq TCI, United Arab
Emirates
cgr
Te-an Astro, China
cgs Tebun-Byo Astro,
China
cgt
Termez Astro,
Uzbekistan
cha Ternate, Moluccas,
Indonesia
chb
Testigos Astro,
Venezuela
chc Tete, Mozambique
chd
TG Soeadja
(Hollandia), West Irian
che Thorshavn, Faeroes
chf
Tien-wen-tien Astro,
China
chg Tiflis
chh
Timbalai 1936 Datum,
Brunei, Borneo
chi
chj
Timbalai 1948 Datum,
Brunei, Borneo
chk Tinian Control 1950,
Mariana Islands
chl
Tirane, Albania
chm Tobruk, Libya
chn
T'o-k'o-t'o Astro,
China
cho Tokowa Island
Observation Spot, Mili
Atoll, Marshall Islands
chp
Tokyo Astronomical
Observatory (Old)
1918
chq Tokyo Datum
chr
To-lun, China
chs Tomor 1961
cht
Toro, Uganda
cia
Towe Island Astro,
Galapagos Islands
cib
Townsville,
Queensland, Australia
cic
Transmit of Venus
Station, Moqattam
Hills, Cairo
cid
Tres Barras Extremo
NE da Base, Brazil
cie
Trig A (North Taieri
Meridional Circuit),
South Island, New
Zealand
cif
Triangulation Pointe
Noire 1950-57, Congo
(Brazzaville)
cig
Trig A (Hawke S Bay
Meridional Circuit),
North Island, New
Zealand
cih
Trig A (Poverty Bay
Meridional Circuit),
North Island, New
Zealand
cii
Trig E, South Island,
New Zealand
cij
Trig E Maketu, North
Is., New Zealand
cik
Trinidad
Trigonometrical
Survey Datum
cil
Tripoli (New
Lighthouse)
cim Truk Astro 1951,
Caroline Islands
cin
Ts'ao'hsien Astro,
China
cio
Tshinsenda Base NW
End (Point A), Zaire
cip
Tsingtao Observatory,
China
ciq
Tsitsihar (Lungkiang),
Manchuria
cir
Tsun-hua Astro, China
cis
T'ung-chou, China
Timbalai 1938 Datum,
Brunei, Borneo
cit
T'ung-shan Astro
(East Base), China
cja
Tu-lung, China
cjb
Tuhirangi, North
Island, New Zealand
cjc
Tung-sha'tao Astro,
China
cjd
Tung-shih Astro,
China
cje
Tunheim, Bear Island
cjf
Tu-shih'kou Astro,
China
cjg Tutuila Astro 1962,
Tutuila Islands,
Samoa
cjh
Ubajay (Old),
Argentina
cji
Ubajay 1928,
Argentina
cjk
Ujelang Island
Observation Spot,
Marshall Islands
cjl
Ulul Astronomic
Station (1916)
Namonuito Atoll,
Caroline Islands
cjm Umm Er Rus, Arabia
cjn Unalaska Datum,
Aleution Is., Alaska
cjo
Uruppu Astro, Kuril
Islands
cjp US Naval Surveys
1944, Gilbert Islands
cjq
US Standard Datum
USA
cjr
Usho Chart 5416
(1945), Minto Reef,
Caroline Islands
cjs
Uspallata NE Base,
Argentina
cjt
Vaitape Flagstaff,
Borabora Island
cka
Val de Serra, Brazil
ckb Valdez Datum, Alaska
ckc
Valentine, Western
Australia
ckd Valle Huemules EG,
Argentina
cke
Vanguard Datum, USA
ckf
ckg
Vi Astro, St Vincent,
Lesser Antilles
ckh Victoria Lighthouse,
Seychelles
cki
Victoria Peak, China
ckj
Vieux Fort, St Lucia,
Lesser Antilles
ckk
Vigan, Luzon,
Philippines
ckl
Villa Cisneros,
Western Sahara
Varesmae (System
1937), Estonia
ckm Voirol, Algeria
ckn Volga River
Triangulation
cko
Wabutima, Kiriwina
Is., Trobriand Is.
ckp Waigama Misool
Flagstaff, West Irian
ckq
Wake Island Astro
1952
ckr Wenang, Sulawesi,
Indonesia
cks
West Base Astro,
China
ckt West Entrance
Observation Spot,
Canton Island
cla
Weti, Pemba Island
clb
White Sands Datum,
USA
clc
White Sea, Russian
Federation
cld
World Geodetic
System 1960
cle
World Geodetic
System 1966
clf
World Geodetic
System 1972
clg
Wotje Island
Observation Spot,
Wotje Atoll, Marshall
Islands
clh
Wu-ch'uan Astro,
China
cli
Wu-lan-hua, China
clj
Wu-t'ai Astro, China
clk
XXIII Aratunga, Cook
Islands
cll
Yacare, Uruguay
clm
Yang-hsien Astro,
China
cln
Yang-lou-t Ung Astro,
China
clo
Yang-p'u-chiang Astro,
China
clp
Yang yuan Astro,
China
clq
Yavin B, Argentina
clr
Yea Yama, Ryukyu
Islands
cls
Yekaterinograd,
Russian Federation
clt
Yenikale, Russian
Federation
cma Yenisey, Russian
Federation
cmb Yeuh-chou Astro,
China
cmc Yof Astro 1967
cmd Yu'hsien Astro, China
cme Yu-shan Astro, China
cmf Yukon Datum
cmg Yung-ch'eng Astro,
China
cmh Yung-yuan-Chiao,
Manchuria
cmi
Yur Yev, Russian
Federation
cmj Zagli, Russian
Federation
cmk Zamboanga,
Mindanao, Philippines
cml Zapara Island,
Venezuela
cmm Zigida Astro, Liberia
cmn Zvirblaiciai, Lithuania
cmo Afgooye, Somalia
cmp Sapper Hill, Falkland
Islands
Field 032 $c : Grid and Referencing System Codes: A - K
Part 1: Codes for mathematically-constructed grids (i.e. based on the graticule)
aa Aden Zone
ab Afghanistan GaussKrueger Grid
ac Alabama Co-ordinate
System
ad Alaska Co-ordinate
System
ae Albania Bonne Grid
af Algeria Zone see also
North Algeria Zone,
South Algeria Zone
ag American Samoa Coordinate System
ah Argentine GuassKrueger Conformal Grid
ai
Arizona Co-ordinate
System
aj
al
Australia Belts
am Australian Map Grid
Arkansas Co-ordinate
System
an Austria Gauss-Krueger
Grid
ao Azores Gauss
Conformal Grid
ap Azores Guass Zone
aq Baku 1927 Co-ordinate
System
ar Bavaria Soldner Coordinate System
as Belgium Bonne Grid
at Belgium Lambert Grid
ba Borneo Rectified Skew
Orthomorphic Grid
bb Brazil Guass Conformal
Grid
bc Brazil Cassini Grid
(10km letters)
bd British Cassini Grid
(100km letters)
be British West Indies Grid
bf Bulgaria GraussKrueger
bg California Co-ordinate
System
bh Canada British Modified
Grid
bi
bj Canary Islands Zone
bk Cape Verde Islands
Zone
bl
bm Caspian Zone
Cape Verde Peninsula
Grid
bn Caucasus Zone
Canary Islands
(Spanish) Lambert Grid
bo Ceylon Belt
bp Chile Gauss Conformal
Grid
bq China Belt
br China Lambert Grid
bs Colombia Gauss
Conformal Grid
bt Colorado Co-ordinate
System
ca Connecticut Co-ordinate
System
cb Costa Rica Lambert Grid
cc Crete Zone
cd Crimea Grid
ce Cuba Lambert Grid
cf
cg Czechoslovak Military
Grid
Cyprus Grid
ch Czechoslovak Uniform
Cadastral Co-ordinate
System
ci
Dahomey Belt
cj
Danube Zone
ck Delaware Co-ordinate
System
cl
Denmark General Staff
Grid
cm Denmark Geodetic
Institute System 1934
cn Dominican Lambert
Grid
co East Africa Belt
cp Egypt Gauss Conformal
Grid
cq Egypt Purple Belt
cr
Egypt Red Belt
cs Egypt 35 degree belt
ct
El Salvador Lambert
Grid
da English Belt
db Estonian Grid
dc Fernando Po Gauss Grid
dd Fiji Grid
de Finland Gauss-Krueger
Grid
df Florida Co-ordinate
System
dg Formosa (Taiwan)
Gauss-Schreiber Coordinate System
dh Franz Joseph Land Zone
di
dj French Equatorial Africa
Grid
dk French Guiana Gauss
Grid
dl
dm French Lambert Zone
French Indochina Bonne
Grid
French Bonne Grid
dn French Somaliland
Gauss-Laborde Grid
do Gabon Belt
dp Gabon Gauss Conformal
Grid
dq Guadeloupe GaussLaborde Grid
dr Gauss-Krueger Grid
ds Georgia Co-ordinate
System
dt German Army Grid
(DHG)
ea German Gauss-Krueger
Grid
eb Ghana National Grid
ec Greece Azimuthal Grid
ed Greece Bon Grid
ee Greece Conical
Mecklenburgh Cooridinates
ef
eg Greenland and Lambert
Grid
Greece Conical
Mecklenburgh Coordinates (New
Numbering)
eh Guam Co-ordinate
System
ei
ej
Guinea Zone
ek Guyana Transverse
Mercator Grid
el
Haiti Lambert Grid
em Hawaii Co-ordinate
System
en Hawaiian Grid
Gautemala Lambert
Grid
eo Honduras Lambert Grid
ep Hong Kong Colony Grid
eq Hong Kong New System
Cassini Grid
er Hungary Stereographic
Grid
es Iberian Peninsula Zone
et Iceland New Lambert
Grid
fa
Iceland Zone
fb Idaho Co-ordinate
System
fc
Illinois Co-ordinate
System
fd India Zone
(Unspecified)
rj
India Zone 0
rk India Zone I
rl
India Zone IIA
rm India Zone IIB
rn India Zone IIIA
ro India Zone IIIB
rp India Zone IVA
rq India Zone IVB
fe
ff
Indonesia Mercator Grid
Indonesia Polyhedric
Grid
fg Iowa Co-ordinate
System
fh Iran National Grid
fi
Iraq National Grid
fj
Iraq Zone
fk
Irish Cassini Grid
fl
Irish Transverse
Mercator Grid
fm Italy Gauss-Boaga Grid
fn Italy Zone see also
North Italy Zone, South
Italy Zone
fo Ivory Coast Azimuthal
Grid
fp Ivory Coast Belt
fq Jamaica Foot Grid
fr
Japan PlaneRectangular Coordinate System
fs
ft
Johore Grid
Japan Gauss-Schreiber
Grid
ga Kansas Co-ordinate
System
gb Katanga Grid
gc Kentucky Co-ordinate
System
gd Kenya Colony Grid
ge Korea Gauss-Schreiber
Co-ordinate System
gf Guangxi Province Grid
gg Guangdong Province
Grid
gh Lambert Conformal
Conic Grid
gi
gj Levant Stereographic
Grid
Latvia Co-ordinate
System
gk Levant Zone
gl
Liberia Rectified Skew
Orthomorphic Grid
gm Libya Zone
gn Lithuania Gaus-Kreuger
Grid
go Louisiana Co-ordinate
System
gp Luxembourg GaussKreuger Grid
gq Madagascar Grid
gr Madeira Zone
gs Maine Co-ordinate
System
gt Malaya Grid
ha Malaya Rectified Skew
Orthomorphic (metre)
Grid
hb Malaya Rectified Skew
Orthomorphic (yard)
Grid
hc Maldive-Chagos Belt
hd Malta Belt
he Martinique Gauss Grid
hf Maryland Co-ordinate
System
hg Massachusetts Coordinate System
hh Mauritius Zone
hi
Mecca-Muscat Zone
hj Mediterranean Zone
hk Mexican Lambert Grid
hl
Michigan Co-ordinate
System
hm Minnesota Co-ordinate
System
hn Mississippi Co-ordinate
System
ho Missouri Co-ordinate
System
hp Montana Co-ordinate
System
hq Morocco Zone see also
North Morocco Zone,
South Morocco Zone
hr Mozambique labert Grid
hs Mozambique Polyconic
Grid
ht National Grid of Great
Britain (metres)
ja
National Grid of Great
Britain (yards)
jb Nebraska Co-ordinate
System
jc
Netherland East Indies
Equatorial Zone British
Metric Grid
jd Netherlands East Indies
Equatorial Zone US
Yard Grid
je
Netherlands East Indies
Southern Zone
jf
Netherlands
Stereographic Grid
(New Numbering)
jg Netherlands
Stereographic Grid (Old
Numbering)
jh Nevada Co-ordinate
System
ji
New Sierra Leone
Colony Grid
jj
New York Co-ordinate
System
jk
New Zealand Belt
jl
New Zealand (North
Island) Belt
jm New Zealand (South
Island) Belt
jn New Zealand National
Grid
jo
jp Niger Belt
Nicaragua Lambert Grid
jq Niger Zone
jr
Nigeria Colony Belt
js
jt
North Carolina Coordinate System
Nord de Guerre Zone
ka North Dakota Coordinate System
kb North Algeria Zone
kc North Italy Zone
kd North Korean GausKrueger Grid
ke North Morocco Zone
kf
kg North Tunisia Zone
kh Northern European
Zone
ki
kj
Northwest Africa Zone
kk Norway Gauss-Kreuger
Grid
kl
Ohio Co-ordinate
System
km Oklahoma Co-ordinate
System
kn Oregon Co-ordinate
System
ko Palestine Belt
kp Palestine Cassini Grid
kq Palestine Civil Grid
kr Panama lambert Grid
ks Paraquay GaussKreuger Grid
kt Peiping Co-ordinate
System of 1954
Northern Malaya Grid
North Sahara Zone
Field 032 $f : Vertical Datum Codes
NON-SPECIFIC VERTICAL DATUM
ta Approximate mean sealevel
tj
Mean lower low water
tb Local
tk Mean lower low water
springs
tc Local LWM
tl
Lowest normal low water
td Local MSL
tm Lowest low water
te Mean sea-level
tn Indian Spring low water
tf None
to At or near the level of
lowest astronomical tide
tg Arbitrary
uu Unknown vertical datum
th Mean low water
zz Other known vertical
datum
ti Mean low water springs
OTHER KNOWN VERTICAL DATUM
aa Aburatsubo, Japan
ab
Accra
ac Aden Mean Sea Level
ad
Aden Tidal Observatory
ae Adjusted MSL 1891,
Denmark
af
Admiralty Datum,
Australia
ag Aitutaki, Cook Islands
ah
Al Faw (Fao), Iraq
aj
Alexandria, Egypt
ak
Alicante, 1870-72
al
Almirante, Panama
am Amherst Tidal
Observaory, Burma
an Anhui Assumed, China
ao
Antalya, Turkey
ap Antofagasta, Chile
aq
Approximate Kronstadt
ar Apra Harbor, Guam,
Mariana Islands
as
Aquaba, Jordan
at Africa (Chile), Bolivia
ba
Africa, Chile
bb Assab, Ethiopia
bc
Auckland 1946
bd Australian Capital
Territory Datum
be
Balboa (Canal),
Panama
bf Banana, Zaire
bg
Bangkok RR Station
bh Barahona, Dominican
Republic
bi
Beira, Zimbabwe
bj Beirut
bk
Belfast
bl
bm Bench Mark 1 MSL
(1949), Mariana Is.
Belize
bn Bench Mark 4 MSL,
Mariana Is.
bo
Berlin
bp Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
bq
Bluff, 1955, New
Zealand
br Bluff, 1960, New
Zealand
bs
Brisbane MSL, Australia
bt Broome Jetty MSL,
Western Australia
ca
Brussels
cb Buenaventura,
Colombia
cc
Burnie, Tasmania
cd Byrd Station, Antarctica
ce
Cagliari 1956, Sardinia
cf
cg
Callao, Peru
ch Camarta BM, Nicobar
Island
Cairo, Illinois, USA
ci
Cape Town
cj
Cape York MSL,
Australia
ck
Cartagena (Atlantic
Coast), Colombia
cl
Casablanca 1922,
Morocco
cm Cascais 1881-1938,
Portugal
cn Zhejiang Assumed,
China
co
Zhenjiang Customs,
China
cp Zhihuang Dao, China
cq
Zhili River Commission,
China
cr
cs
Jing Dao MSL, China
db
Colombo 1884-90
Jilong, Taiwan
da Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
dc Conakry, GuineaBissau
dd
Constanta, Romania
de Cooktown MSL,
Australia
df
Cristobal (Canal),
Panama
dh Dakar, Senegal
di
Dansk N.N. Denmark
dj Darwin MSL, Australia
dk
Darwin Town Datum,
Australia
dl
dm Denison MSL, Western
Australia
Davao Wharf Tide
Staff, Philippines
dn Darby MSL, Western
Australia
do
Devonport MSL,
Tasmania
dp Diego Garcia, Chagos
Archipelago
dq
Disko Bugt, Greenland
dr Djakarta
ds
Dublin Bay, Ireland
dt Dunedin 1958, New
Zealand
ea
Durres, Albania
eb Eden Tide Gauge, NSW,
Australia
ec
Ensenada, Baja
California, Mexico
ed Errits, Denmark
ee
Federal Datum,
Zimbabwe
ef
eg
Fremantle MSL,
Western Australia
eh Fujian Assumed, China
ei
Genoa 1942
ej
Ginara, Punta Colombo,
Cuba
ek
Golfito, Costa Rica
el
Ha Tien MSL, Vietnam
em Haifa, Israel
Freetown, Sierra Leone
en Haile Conservancy
Commission, China
eo
Havana
ep Helsinki
eq
Hobart MSL, Tasmania
er Hobson Bay LWM,
Victoria, Australia
es
Henan Assumed, China
et Honolulu, Hawaiian
Islands
fa
Honto MSL, Sakhalin,
Russian Federation
fb Huai River
Commisssion, China
fc
Hunan Assumed, China
fd Hubei Assumed, China
fe
Ilha e Naos, Panama
ff
fg
Imbituba, Brazil
fh Inch'on Provisional,
Korea
fi
Indian MSL, India
fj
Indian Spring Low
Water
fk
International Great
Lakes Datum 1935,
Canada
fl
International Great
Lakes Datum 1955,
USA
fm Ireland I Dockyard,
Bermuda
Illigan Harbour Tide
Staff, Philippines
fn Irish Ordnance Datum,
Poolbeg
fo
Isla de Pinos, Cuba
fp Isle of Man Ordnances
Datum
fq
Israel Land Survey
Datum, Jaffa
fr
Jaffa
fs
Jehol Assumed, China
ft
Kanmen MSL, China
ga
Kavala, Greece
gb Jiangsi Assumed, China
gc
Jiangsu Assumed,
China
gd Jiaozhou Cinan RR,
China
ge
Jirin, China
gf Klaipeda (Memel),
Lithuania
gg
Ko Lak MSL, Thailand
gh Kribi, Cameroon
gi
Kronshtadt (1840),
Russian Federation
gj Kuala Trengganu MSL,
Malaysia
gk
Guangsi Assumed,
China
gl
gm Guizhou Assumed,
China
Guangdong Assumed,
China
gn La Goulette, Algeria
go
La Goulette, Tunisia
gp La Guaira, Venezuela
gq
La Libertad, Ecuador
gr La Libertad, El Salvador
gs
La Union (Cutuco), El
Salvador
gt Lagos
ha
Land Survey, Antarctica
hb Launceston City Council
Datum, Tasmania
hc
Lianyun Jiang MSL,
China
hd Lisov, Czechoslovakia
hh
Lexingta Zero Point,
China
hi
hj
Lome, Togo
hk Low Island, Great
Barrier Reef
hl
Low Water Ordinary
Spring Tide, Wyndham,
Western Australia
hm Luanda, Angola
hn
Lyttleton 1938, New
Zealand
ho Makassar, Sulawesi
hp
Mako Harbour,
Pescadores
hq Malin Head, Ireland
hr
Manila Bay MSL,
Philippines
hs Mar del Plata,
Argentina
ht
Marseille 1885-96,
France
ja
Matarani, Peru
jb
Matavi, Tahiti
jc
Maura Tide Gauge,
Malaysia
jd
Mawson Tide Gauge,
Antarctica
je
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Lombrum, Manus
Island, Admiralty Is.
jf
Mazatlan, Mexico
jg Mediterranean, Italy
(old net)
jh
Mean Gulf Level, USA
ji
jl
Mean Sea Level Manifa
Pier, Saudi Arabia
jm Memphis, Tennessee,
USA
jn
Mina Construction
Datum, Kuwait
jo
Mean High Water Sea,
Antarctica
jp
Mombasa
jq Monrovia
Mocamedes, Angola
jr
Montevideo
js
Moturiki 1953, New
Zealand
jt
MSL Adjustment 1927,
Alaska
ka MSL Adjustment 1935,
Canadian Geodetic
Datum
kb
MSL Adjustment 1958,
Cuba
kc MSL Adjustment 1959,
Mexico & Panama
kd
MSL Adjustment 1960,
Mexico, Central
America and Colombia
ke MSL Adjustment 1961,
Haiti
kf
MSL Adjustment 1962,
Chile
kg MSL Adjustment 1964,
Jamaica
kh
MSL Adjustment 1966,
Ecuador and Peru
ki
kj
NADAP II, Hungary
kk Naha BM, Ryukyu
Islands
kl
Narvik, Norway
km Nelson 1955, New
Zealand
kn
Nevelsk (Honto),
Sakhalin Newlyn see
also Ordnance Datum
NADAP I, Hungary
(Newlyn)
ko NM/S/G, Antarctica
kp
Nord Norges Normal
Null (NNN), Norway
kq Norges Normal Null,
Norway
kr
Normal Amsterdams
Piel (NAP)
ks Normal Null (NN),
Germany
kt
Normalhoehen (NH)
System 1960, Germany
la
Noumea MSL, New
Caledonia
lb
N.S.P. 1958, Surinam
lc
Okinawa Level, Ryukyu
Islands
ld
Old Huanghe Zero Pt. ,
China
le
Ordnance Datum,
Lerwick, Shetland Is.
lf
Ordnance Datum,
Liverpool
lg
Ordnance Datum,
Newlyn 1921
lh
Ordnance Datum,
Stornoway
li
Ostende
lj
Pafos, Cyprus
lk
Perth Headland Jetty,
Australia
ll
Pierre du Niton, Geneva
lm Pimba Railway Datum,
South Australia
ln
Point Fouillole,
Guadeloupe
lo
Point Lonsdale,
Australia
lp
Point Noire, Congo
(Brazzaville)
lq
Pont de Capitainerie de
le Ville, São Tomé
Island
lr
Port Adelaide MSL,
South Australia
ls
Port au Prince, Haiti
lt
Port aux Basques,
Newfoundland
ma Port-aux-Francais,
Kerguelen Is.
mb Port Dickson, Malaysia
mc Port Moresby, Papua
New Guinea
md Port of Spain, Trinidad
me Port Royal, Jamaica
mf Port Swettenham MSL,
Malaysia
mg Port Waikato 1954,
New Zealand
mh Port Weld MSL,
Malaysia
mi
mj Portland MSL, Victoria,
Australia
mk Principal Datum, Hong
Kong
ml Puerto Armuelles,
Panama
mm Puerto Cortés 1948-51,
Honduras
mn Puerto de Cristobal,
Panama
mo Puerto Limon, Costa
Rica
mp Puerto Montt, Chile
mq Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic
mr Puerto Puntarenas,
Costa Rica
ms Pulau Lakei, Malaysia
mt Punta Arenas, Chile
na
Punta Penasco, Mexico
nb Queensland State
Datum, Australia
nc
Reykjavik
nd San Jose, Guatemala
ne
San Juan del Sur,
Nicaragua
nf Sandy Hook, New
Jersey, USA
ng
Santo Antonio 1916,
Principe
nh Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
ni
Sea Ice, Antarctica
nj Sea Level Datum,
1912, USA
nk
Sea Level Datum,
1929, USA
nl
nm Seoul
Sea Level Bonin Island
Port Welshpool,
Victoria, Australia
nn Seward-Veldez MSL,
Alaska
no
Shanghai Customs,
China
np Shanghai-Nanjing RR,
China
nq
Shanxi Assumed, China
nr Shandong Assumed,
China
ns
Shenxi Assumed, China
nt Xinjiang Assumed,
China
pa
Shunjin Water
Conservancy Bureau,
China
pb Split
pc
Station R, Ille du
Maregraphe, Terre
Adélie, Antarctica
pd St. James, Barbados
pe
St. John, New
Brunswick, Canada
pf Stockholm
pg
Sydney Datum MSL,
NSW, Australia
ph Sydney Standard,
NSW, Australia
pi
Sichuan Assumed,
China
pj Tacloban Tide Staff,
Leyte, Philippines
pk
Dagu MSL, China
pl
pm Talara, Peru
Dagu Zero Point, China
pn Dalian, China
po
Tallin (Reval), Estonia
pp Tamateve, Malagasy
pq
Tampico, Mexico
pr Tandjungpriak TG, Java
ps
Tanga, Tanzania
pt Tararu, New Zealand
qa
Thessaloniki
qb Tibe Gauge
Observatory, Port Blair,
Andaman Islands
qc
Tokyo
qd Topoplobampo, Mexico
qe
Torres (Brazil),
Paraguay
qf Torres, Brazil
qg
Torun, Poland
qh Townsville,
Queensland, Australia
qi
Tregde, Norway
qj Trieste 1875 (Italy),
Austria,
Czechoslovakia,
Hungary & Yugoslavia
qk
Tripoli
qm Unahi Road, New
Zealand
qn
Valparaiso, Chile
qo Varna, Bulgaria
qp
Vladivostok
qq Walvis Bay, Southwest
Africa
qr
Wanganui, New
Zealand
qs Wangpoo Conservancy
Board, China
qt
Wellington 1953, New
Zealand
ra Williamstown LWM,
Australia
rb
Wonsan (Genzan),
Korea
rc
rd
Wusong Zero Point,
China
re Yunnan Assumed,
China
rf
Apollo 15 Datum, Moon
rg General Levelling,
France
rh
Mosting 'A' 1960, Moon
Wusong MSL, China
Field 032 $g & $j: Unit of Measurement of Heighting Code
CODE
aa
UNIT OF
MEASUREMENT
Metre
CODE
ak
UNIT OF
MEASUREMENT
French foot (metric)
ab
Imperial foot
ac
Saszhen
am
al
French foot (Imperial)
Roman palm
ad
Klafter
an
Portuguese palm
ae
Fathom
ao
South African foot
af
Dutch foot
ap
Danish foot
ag
Prussian foot
aq
Norwegian foot
ah
Austrian foot
ar
Swedish foot
ai
Spanish foot
uu
Unknown unit
aj
Bavarian foot
zz
Other known unit
Field 034 $a : Type of Scale Code
CODE
SCALE
a
Linear scale
b
Angular scale
z
Other types of scale (e.g. time scale, quantitative
statistical scale)
Field 034 $d to $g: Character position 1 - Co-ordinates Code
CODE
CO-ORDINATE
w
West
e
East
n
North
s
South
Field 034 $q: Unit of Measurement of Co-ordinates
CODE
UNIT OF MEASUREMENT
a
Degree, minute and seconds (i.e. based on 90)
b
Grads (i.e. based on 100)
u
Unknown
z
Other known measure
Field 036 $a and $b: Character position 1 - Status of Date Code
CODE
SCALE
a
Recorded on item
b
Ascribed
c
Actual date before date given on item
d
Actual date after date given on item
Field 036 $a and $b: Character position 2-3 - Type of Situation Date (aa-cz) or
Manufacture Date (da-dz) Codes
CODE
TOPOGRAPHIC
BASE DATES
CODE
INSTRUCTION
DATES
aa
Surveyed
ca
Thematic information
(other than
specifically coded
elements)
ab
Relief information
cb
Air information
currency
ac
Air photography (used cc
in base compilation)
Air photography (used
for information)
ad
Air triangulation
Boundary information
cd
ae
Bathymetry surveyed ce
Road information
af
Hydrography surveyed cf
Topographic
information
au
Unspecified
cu
topographic base date
Unspecified
information date
az
Other stated
cz
topographic base date
Other stated
information date
CODE
CONSTRUCTION
DATES
CODE
MANUFACTURE
DATES
ba
Compiled
da
Copyright date
bb
Source material
db
Drafting / scribing
date
bc
Revised
dc
Drawing date
bu
Unspecified
construction date
dd
Edition date
bz
Other stated
construction date
de
Engraving / etching /
lithography etc. date
df
Photography /
imagery date (date of
exposure)
dg
Prepared date
dh
Print date
di
Produced date
dj
Pulication bdate
dk
Reprint date
dl
State date
du
Unspecified
manufacture date
dz
Other known
manufacture
Field 038 Character positions 1-2: Name and purpose of system code
METEROLOGICAL
SATELLITES
EARTH RESOURCES
SATELLITES
aa Tiros
ga ERTS
ab ATS
gb LANDSAT 1
ac NOAA
gc LANDSAT 2
ad Nimbus
gd LANDSAT 3
ae METEOSAT
ge LANDSAT 4
af GOES
gf SEASAT
ag ESSA
gg Skylab
au Name unknown
gh Spacelab
az Other known satellite
gi
SPACE OBSERVING
SATELLITES
Soyuz
gj Salut
gk Gemini
ma Explorer 1
gl
mb Explorer 1i
gm Matsat
Apollo
mc Voyager 1
gn SPOT
md Voyager 2
go COSMOS
me Surveyor
gu Name unknown
mu Name unknown
gz Other known satellite
mz Other known satellite
AERIAL OR TERRESTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
pa Unspecified, surveying and mapping purpose
pb Unspecified, reconnaissance (stereo-viewing) purpose
pc Unspecified, reconnaissance (non-stereo-viewing)
purpose
pu Aerial or terrestrial photography, purpose unknown
pz Other known purposes of aerial or terrestrial
photography
ERTS has been retained even though it is synonymous with at least LANDSAT 1 and
LANDSAT 2. Local practice may wish to group all LANDSATs together under ERTS.
Field 038 Character position 3: Position of platform code
CODE
POSITION OF PLATFORM
a
Terrestrial
b
Aerial
c
Space
Field 038 Character position 4: Perspective of platform code
CODE
POSITION OF PLATFORM
a
Low oblique
b
High oblique
c
Vertical
Field 038 Character positions 5-6: Recording technique code
LIGHT EMISSION
THERMAL INFRA-RED
DETECTION
aa Return beam vidicon
recording (RBV)
da Infra-red line scanning
ab False colour photography dv Combination of various
thermal
infra-red detection
techniques
ac Multispectral
photography
dz Other thermal infra-red
detection
ad Multispectral scanning
(MSS)
MICROWAVE EMISSION
ae Conventional
photography
ga Sidelooking Airborne
Radar (SLAR)
af Thematic mapper
gb Synthetic Aperture Radar
(SAA)
av Combination of various
gc Passive microwave
light emission techniques
mapping
az Other known light
emission
gz Other known microwave
emission
uu Unknown technique
zz Other known technique
Field 038 Character positions 7-10: Spectral information code
BAND IDENTIFICATION
FILTER
a Band 1
q
Blue
b Band 2
r
Green
c Band 3
s
Red
d Band 4
t
Infra-red
e Band 5
OTHER SPECTRAL
f Band 6
INFORMATION
g Band 7
mu Unknown numbered
band(s)
h Band 8
mv Combination of more
than 4
numbered bands
i Band 9
FILM SENSITIVITY
mz Other known numbered
bands
n Ultra-violet section of
spectrum
u
Unknown
wavelength/filter
o Visible section of
spectrum
z
Other known
wavelength/filter
p Infra-red section of
spectrum
Field 038 Character position 11: Colour code
CODE
COLOUR
a
Black and white
b
Other monochrome
c
Multicolour
Field 038 Character position 12: Degree of cloud cover code
CODE
APPROXIMATE CLOUD COVER
a
0-10%
b
10-30%
c
30-50%
d
Over 50 %
x
Not applicable (e.g. radar images and
images from meteorological satellites)
Field 038 Character position 13: Type of positional correction code
CODE
TYPE OF POSITIONAL CORRECTION
a
Corrected to accurate position ('geometric
GCP correction')
b
Corrected to relative position ('relative
GCP correction')
c
Corrected by other system data ('system
level correction')
u
Existence of correction unknown
x
Correction unnecessary
y
Uncorrected
z
Other known correction