appendix d : cartographic materials codes
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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 CODE PRIME CODE
MERIDIAN MERIDIAN 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 cl
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
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 Adjusted between Hong Kong and Nanking Astronomic Points
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 (Cum-Burnu), 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
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 Astro - 1958, Montserrat
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
aen Astronomic Station Beacon E (1945), Iwo-Jima, 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-Oaguri- Shima, 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 Astronomic Station No. 1-A (1951), Namorik Atoll, Marshall Islands
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
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-Aleksandra-Neviskiy 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 Base Este (Fort de Coimbra), Brazil
ahm Batavia, Java, Indonesia
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 Bon Said Lighthouse, Tunisia
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)
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 Cabo Bojador Lighthouse, Western Sahara
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
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 Chiao-shan, China
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,
the Service Géographique, Guinea
Zaire
anl Congreso Plaza Constitucion, Asunción, Paraguay
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 Datum de Ilha Gracioso-Base SW, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, Faial and Gracioso, Azores
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
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, Ailinginae Atoll, Marshall Islands
Observation Spot, Mogiri, 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 Flamingo Cay Light, Bahamas
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
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 Great Ragged Island Light, Bahamas
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
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 Hai-la-erh, Manchurai baj Hainan Island, China
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 Hole-in-the-Wall Light, Bahamas
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
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 Ishigaki Shima Astro, Ryukyu Islands
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 1913-1914
bem Itarare N Base Itajuba, Brazil
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 Kaarappu Triangulation Point F-6 (1918), Ant Atoll, Caroline Islands
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
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 Kili Island Observation Spot, Marshall Islands
bgl Kloster Ivanic, Yugoslavia
bgm Kobukutei, Pescadores
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 (Coo-castello), 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 Kuybyshev-Orsk, Russian Federation
bhm Kwajalein Astronomical Position US Navy 1944, Marshall Islands
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
bjb Line Island Astro bjc Lisbon (Castelo Di São
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 Mildura Aerodrome, Victoria, Australia
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 Mt Campbell, Australia bnm Mt Cook, South Island, New Zealand
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 Naparima Datum, Trinidad and Tobago
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 Nomoi Astro, Caroline Islands
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 Observation Point, South Is., New Zealand
bqj Observation Spot Bairiki Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands
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 Old Sydney Datum, NSW, Australia
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 Orenburg Cossacks 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 Pai-chieh'shan Lighthouse, China
bsa Pai-ling-miao Astro, China
bsb Palau Astro, Caroline Islands
bsc Palermo, Argentina
bsd Palestine 1928 bse Palmer Astro
bsf Panama-Colon, Panama
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
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 Plantation Point, Jervis Bay, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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
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 Rube Point Observation Spot, Ebo Atoll, Marshall Islands
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
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 Sommet Tano, New Caledonia
ceg South African ceh South American 1969
cei South Asia Datum cej South Point Light, Bahamas
cek South Station, Tongatobu, Tonga
cel South Sumatra
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 Sui-yang, China
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
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, Miyaka-Jima, 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 Timbalai 1938 Datum, Brunei, Borneo
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
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 Varesmae (System 1937), Estonia
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
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 Gauss-Krueger 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 Co-ordinate System
ah Argentine Guass-Krueger Conformal Grid
ai Arizona Co-ordinate System
aj Arkansas Co-ordinate System
al Australia Belts am Australian Map Grid
an Austria Gauss-Krueger Grid
ao Azores Gauss Conformal Grid
ap Azores Guass Zone aq Baku 1927 Co-ordinate System
ar Bavaria Soldner Co-ordinate 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 Grauss-Krueger
bg California Co-ordinate System
bh Canada British Modified Grid
bi Canary Islands (Spanish) Lambert Grid
bj Canary Islands Zone bk Cape Verde Islands Zone
bl Cape Verde Peninsula Grid
bm Caspian Zone
bn Caucasus Zone 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 Cyprus Grid cg Czechoslovak Military 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 Co-ordinate System
dh Franz Joseph Land Zone di French Bonne Grid
dj French Equatorial Africa Grid
dk French Guiana Gauss Grid
dl French Indochina Bonne Grid
dm French Lambert Zone
dn French Somaliland Gauss-Laborde Grid
do Gabon Belt
dp Gabon Gauss Conformal Grid
dq Guadeloupe Gauss-Laborde 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 Co-oridinates
ef Greece Conical Mecklenburgh Co-ordinates (New Numbering)
eg Greenland and Lambert Grid
eh Guam Co-ordinate System
ei Gautemala Lambert Grid
ej Guinea Zone ek Guyana Transverse Mercator Grid
el Haiti Lambert Grid em Hawaii Co-ordinate System
en Hawaiian 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 Indonesia Mercator Grid ff 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 Plane-Rectangular Co-ordinate System
fs Japan Gauss-Schreiber Grid
ft Johore 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 Latvia Co-ordinate System
gj Levant Stereographic Grid
gk Levant Zone gl Liberia Rectified Skew Orthomorphic Grid
gm Libya Zone gn Lithuania Gaus-Kreuger Grid
go Louisiana Co-ordinate System
gp Luxembourg Gauss-Kreuger 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 Co-ordinate 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 Nicaragua Lambert Grid jp Niger Belt
jq Niger Zone jr Nigeria Colony Belt
js Nord de Guerre Zone jt North Carolina Co-ordinate System
ka North Dakota Co-ordinate System
kb North Algeria Zone
kc North Italy Zone kd North Korean Gaus-Krueger Grid
ke North Morocco Zone kf North Sahara Zone
kg North Tunisia Zone kh Northern European Zone
ki Northern Malaya Grid 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 Gauss-Kreuger Grid
kt Peiping Co-ordinate System of 1954
Field 032 $f : Vertical Datum Codes
NON-SPECIFIC VERTICAL DATUM
ta Approximate mean sea-level
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 Belize bm Bench Mark 1 MSL (1949), Mariana Is.
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 Cairo, Illinois, USA cg Callao, Peru
ch Camarta BM, Nicobar Island
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 Jilong, Taiwan cs Jing Dao MSL, China
da Coatzacoalcos, Mexico db Colombo 1884-90
dc Conakry, Guinea-Bissau
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 Davao Wharf Tide Staff, Philippines
dm Denison MSL, Western Australia
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 Freetown, Sierra Leone 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
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 Illigan Harbour Tide Staff, Philippines
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
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 Guangdong Assumed, China
gm Guizhou 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 Lombrum, Manus Island, Admiralty Is.
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 jf Mazatlan, Mexico
jg Mediterranean, Italy (old net)
jh Mean Gulf Level, USA
ji Mean High Water Sea, Antarctica
jl Mean Sea Level Manifa Pier, Saudi Arabia
jm Memphis, Tennessee, USA
jn Mina Construction Datum, Kuwait
jo Mocamedes, Angola jp Mombasa
jq Monrovia 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 NADAP I, Hungary 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
(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 Port Welshpool, Victoria, Australia
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 Sea Level Bonin Island nm Seoul
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 Dagu Zero Point, China pm Talara, Peru
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 Wusong MSL, China rd Wusong Zero Point, China
re Yunnan Assumed, China
rf Apollo 15 Datum, Moon
rg General Levelling, France
rh Mosting 'A' 1960, Moon
Field 032 $g & $j: Unit of Measurement of Heighting Code
CODE UNIT OF MEASUREMENT
CODE UNIT OF MEASUREMENT
aa Metre ak French foot (metric)
ab Imperial foot al French foot (Imperial)
ac Saszhen am 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 in base compilation)
cc Air photography (used for information)
ad Air triangulation cd Boundary information
ae Bathymetry surveyed ce Road information
af Hydrography surveyed cf Topographic information
au Unspecified topographic base date
cu Unspecified information date
az Other stated topographic base date
cz 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 Soyuz
SPACE OBSERVING SATELLITES
gj Salut
gk Gemini
ma Explorer 1 gl Apollo
mb Explorer 1i gm Matsat
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 light emission techniques
gc Passive microwave 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