Handbook for Transformation of Datums, Projections, Grids, and Common Coordinate Systems

Abstract

This document provides U.S. Army organizations and agencies with general guidance on selecting the appropriate methods for shifting between local geodetic datums and the World Geodetic System (WGS), and for converting Cartesian and map projection coordinates to and from geodetic coordinates. This guidance is provided to aid the Army community in selecting datum shift algorithms; developing, selecting, and maintaining software using these algorithms; and implementing this software to support operational limits. Equations are furnished for map projections and datums commonly used within the Army. References are provided for other, less commonly encountered, map projections and datums.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA478730

Entities

People

  • Chris Gard
  • Daniel Oimen
  • Daniel Specht
  • David Stoner
  • Fred Esch
  • Frederick Gloeckler
  • Harry Rossander
  • James Ackeret
  • Juan Perez
  • Justin Simpson

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Cartography
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Geodetic Surveys
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Grids
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • World Geodetic System

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.