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<strong>Appendix</strong> D : <strong>Cartographic</strong> <strong>Materials</strong> <strong>Codes</strong><br />

These lists are based on Ministry of Defence Mapping and Charting Establishment practice.<br />

Field 31 - Character positions 1-4: Relief codes<br />

CODE DEFINITION<br />

a Contours<br />

b Tonal hill shading<br />

c Hypsometric tints – layer method<br />

d Hachures<br />

e Bathymetry – sounding<br />

f Form lines<br />

g Spot heights<br />

h Other methods in colour (e.g. in the style of<br />

Imhof)<br />

i Pictorial<br />

j Land forms (e.g. in the sytle of Lobeck,<br />

Raisz, Fenneman)<br />

k Bathymetry – isolines<br />

l Bathymetry – tints<br />

m Ridge lines<br />

z Other<br />

Field 031 - Character positions 5-6: Projection type codes<br />

AZIMUTHAL OR ZENITHAL CONIC PROJECTIONS<br />

PROJECTIONS<br />

aa Aitoff ca Alber’s equal area<br />

ab Gnomonic cb Bonne<br />

ac Lambert’s azimuthal equal area cc Lambert’s conformal conic<br />

ad Orthographic cd Polyconic (simple)<br />

ae Azimuthal equidistant ce Miller’s bipolar oblique conformal<br />

conic<br />

af Stereographic cf D Lisle<br />

ag Other Azimuthal equal area cg Projection of the International<br />

Map of World<br />

au Azimuthal, specific type unknown ch Tissot’s conformal conic<br />

az Azimuthal, other known specific<br />

type<br />

CYLINDRICAL<br />

PROJECTIONS<br />

ba Gall da Armadillo<br />

bb Homolographic db Butterfly<br />

cu Conic, specific type unknown<br />

cz Conic, other known specific type<br />

OTHER PROJECTIONS<br />

bc Lambert’s cylindrical equal area dd Goode’s homolosine<br />

bd Mercator df Van der Grinten<br />

be Miller’s cylindrical dg Dymaxion<br />

bf Molweide dh Cordiform<br />

bg Sinusoidal di Polyhedric<br />

bh Transverse Mercator uu Type of projection unknown<br />

bj Plate Carree zz Other known type<br />

bk Cassini’s


l Laborde<br />

bm Oblique Mercator<br />

bu Cylindrical, specific type unknown<br />

bz Cylindrical, other known specific<br />

type<br />

Field 031 - Character position 7: Property codes<br />

CODE DEFINITION<br />

a Conformal<br />

b Equal-area<br />

c Equidistant<br />

u Property of projection unknown<br />

y Projection had no property<br />

z Other known property<br />

Field 031 - Character positions 8-9 & 10-11: Prime meridian codes<br />

PRIME CODE PRIME CODE PRIME CODE<br />

MERIDIAN MERIDIAN MERIDIAN<br />

Amersfoort bs Cordoba am Padang ci<br />

Amsterdam ab Edinburgh ce Paris bg<br />

Antwerp bt Genoa cf Philadelphia bi<br />

Athens ac Greenwich aa Pulkovo bj<br />

Azores ca Helsinki ao Quito cj<br />

Batavia ad Hierro, Canary Is an Rio de Janeiro bk<br />

Beijing bh Istanbul ap Rome bl<br />

Berlin cb Jakarta ad Rotterdam ck<br />

Berne ae Julianehåb aq San Fernando cl<br />

Bogata af Leningrad cg Santiago bm<br />

Bombay ag Lisbon ar South Sumatra cn<br />

Borneo cm London as Stockholm bn<br />

Brussels ah Madeira Island ch Sucre co<br />

Bucharest cc Madras at Sydney bo<br />

Cadiz ai Madrid ba Tiranë bp<br />

Canary Islands ct Mexico City bb Tokyo bq<br />

Cape Town aj Moscow bc Washington DC br<br />

Caracas ak Munich bd Unknown meridian uu<br />

Celebes cd Naples be Other known<br />

meridian<br />

Copenhagen al Oslo bf<br />

Field 032 $a : Spheroid <strong>Codes</strong><br />

SPHEROID CODE SPHEROID CODE<br />

Airy (1830) aa Helmert 1906 an<br />

Australian National (1966) ab International 1924 ao<br />

Bessel 1841 ac Kragenhoff ap<br />

Clarke 1858 ad Krasovskiy 1848 aq<br />

Clarke 1866 ae Müffling 1821 ar<br />

Clarke 1880 af S. E. Asia (‘Fischer 155’) as<br />

Clarke 1880 (modified) ag Struve at<br />

Clarke 1880 (Palestine) ah Svanberg ba<br />

Danish (Andreae) ai Walbeck bc<br />

zz


Delambre (Carte de France) aj War Office (McCaw) 1924 bd<br />

Everest (1830) ak World Geodetic System 1972- be<br />

Everest (Borneo) am Zhylinskiy (‘Adjustment<br />

Spheroid’)<br />

Everest (Mayala) al Unknown spheroid uu<br />

Hayford 1909 (and 1910) ao Other known spheroid zz<br />

Field 032 $b : Horizontal datum <strong>Codes</strong>: A<br />

CODE DEFINITION<br />

taa Astronomically determined<br />

tab Local<br />

tac Local astro<br />

tad No datum<br />

tae Other known horizontal datum<br />

zzz Other unknown horizontal datum<br />

aaa Abidjan aab Abra Pampa,<br />

Argentina<br />

aac Abrolhos Lighthouse,<br />

Brazil<br />

aae Accra, Leigon Pillar<br />

(GCS No.121), Ghana<br />

aad Abut Head (Okarito<br />

Meridional Circuit)<br />

South Island, New<br />

Zealand<br />

aaf Aden Observatory<br />

aag Aden Datum aah Adelaide Observatory,<br />

South Australia<br />

aai Adjusted between<br />

Hong Kong and<br />

Nanking Astronomic<br />

Points<br />

aak Adjusted between Red<br />

Bridge Datum and<br />

Nanking Datum<br />

aaj Adindan (30th<br />

Meridian) Datum,<br />

Sudan<br />

aal Aee Peir, Phoenix<br />

Islands<br />

aam Aerodist Datum aan African Datum<br />

aao Agourai Base North<br />

End, Morocco<br />

aaq Agrihan Astronomic<br />

Station (1920),<br />

Marianas Islands<br />

aap Agri (Danish GI<br />

1934), Denmark<br />

aar Ahaura (Grey<br />

Meridional Circuit),<br />

South Island, New<br />

Zealand<br />

aas Ain el Abd, Kuwait aat Akmolinsk Mosque<br />

aba Akra Milon (Cum- abb Akureuri, Iceland<br />

Burnu), Leros<br />

abc Alamagan Astromic abd Albasin<br />

Station (192), Mariana<br />

Islands<br />

abe Al Bushairyah, Qatar abf Al Da Asa, Arabia<br />

abg Aleksandrovsk, abh Alma Ata, Kazakhstan<br />

Russian Federation<br />

abi American Samoa abj Amersfoort 1885<br />

Datum 1962<br />

abk Anatahan Astronomic abl Anatahan E, 29th Engr<br />

Station (1920),<br />

1964, Mariana Is.<br />

Marcus Islands<br />

abm Angola Datum, Angola abn Ankara<br />

abo An-lu Astro, China abp A Patutahi, New<br />

bb


abq Aon Island<br />

Triangulation Station,<br />

Utirik Atoll, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

abs Apollo 15 Datum,<br />

Moon<br />

aca Approximate<br />

European Datum,<br />

Cyprus<br />

acc Approximate<br />

European Datum, Iran<br />

ace Approximate<br />

European Datum,<br />

Israel<br />

acg Approximate<br />

European Datum<br />

Libya<br />

acj Approximate<br />

European Datum<br />

Turkey<br />

acl Approximate Indian<br />

1960 Datum<br />

acn Approximate Indian<br />

Datum, Burma<br />

acp Approximate Indian<br />

Datum, India<br />

acr Approximate<br />

Kweiyang, China<br />

act Approximate Nanking<br />

Datum<br />

adb Approximate North<br />

American Datum<br />

1927, Greater Antilles<br />

add Approximate Red<br />

Bridge Datum<br />

Zealand<br />

abr Apia Observatory<br />

Tranist House, Opolu<br />

Island, Samoa<br />

abt Approximate<br />

European Datum,<br />

Afghanistan<br />

acb Approximate<br />

European Datum,<br />

Egypt<br />

acd Approximate<br />

European Datum, Iraq<br />

acf Approximate<br />

European Datum,<br />

Jordan<br />

aci Approximate<br />

European Datum,<br />

Syria<br />

ack Approximate Hong<br />

Kong Datum<br />

acm Approximate Indian<br />

Datum, Afghanistan<br />

aco Approximate Indian<br />

Datum, Cambodia,<br />

Laos, Vietnam<br />

acq Approximate Indian<br />

Datum, Thailand<br />

acs Approximate Luzon<br />

Datum, Philippines<br />

ada Approximate Nanking<br />

1960 Datum<br />

adc Approximate Old<br />

Hawaiian Datum<br />

ade Approximate Tokyo<br />

Datum<br />

adf Arahodoka-Byo Astro adg Arc (of the 30th<br />

Meridian) 1935<br />

Datum, Africa<br />

adh Arc (of the 30th<br />

Meridian) 1950<br />

Datum, Africa<br />

adj Arc (of the 30th<br />

Meridian)<br />

(unspecified) Datum,<br />

Africa<br />

adl Arequipa Astro,<br />

Bolivia<br />

adn Arumenii Island<br />

Triangulation Station,<br />

Bikor Atoll, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

adp A.S. 120 Tokong Hill,<br />

Balik Papan,<br />

Kalimantan, Indonesia<br />

adi Arc (of the 30th<br />

Meridian) 1960<br />

Datum, Africa<br />

adk Archway Rock, Gough<br />

Island<br />

adm Arkhangel'sk, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

ado Arutunga (Anchorage)<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Aitutaki Island, Cook<br />

Islands<br />

adq Ascension Astro 1955<br />

adr Ascension Island 1958 ads Ashkhabad,<br />

Turkmenistan<br />

adt Asor Astro 1966, aea Astro Observation


Caroline Islands Point East Island<br />

Maug, Mariana Islands<br />

aeb Astro Observation<br />

Point Pagan, Mariana<br />

Islands<br />

aed Astro Observation<br />

Point Uracus, Mariana<br />

Islands<br />

aef Astro - 1958,<br />

Montserrat<br />

aec Astro Observation<br />

Point Rota, Mariana<br />

Islands<br />

aee Astro Pier, Swains<br />

Island, Samoa<br />

aeg Astro 502, USSR<br />

aeh Astro 809, USSR aei Astronomic Point<br />

(1951) Yap, Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

aej Astronomic Station<br />

(1951), Elato Atoll,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

ael Astronomic Station 'A'<br />

(1951), Jemo Island,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

aen Astronomic Station<br />

Beacon E (1945), Iwo-<br />

Jima, Bonin Islands<br />

aep Astronomic Station B4<br />

(1920), Sorol Atoll,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

aer Astronomic Station<br />

Mirami-Oaguri-<br />

Shima, Daito Islands,<br />

Ryukyu Islands<br />

aet Astronomic Station<br />

No. B (1921), Ifalik<br />

Atoll, Caroline Islands<br />

afb Astronomic Station<br />

No. 1 (1951), Nomoi<br />

Islands, Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

afd Astronomic Station<br />

No. 1 (1951), Puluwat<br />

Atoll, Caroline Islands<br />

aff Astronomic Station<br />

No. 1-A (1951),<br />

Namorik Atoll,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

afh Astronomic Station<br />

No. 2 (1951), Truk<br />

Island, Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

afj Astronomic Station<br />

No. 4 (1951),<br />

Mukuoro Atoll,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

afl Astronomic Station<br />

No. 19 (1951),<br />

Nomwin Atoll, Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

afn Astronomic Station<br />

No. 42 (1952),<br />

Kwajalein Atoll,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

aek Astronomic Station<br />

(1952) Marcus Is.<br />

aem Astronomic Station<br />

Bab South (1947),<br />

Babelthaup Island,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

aeo Astronomic Station B1<br />

(1920), Gaferut<br />

Island, Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

aeq Astronomic Station<br />

Hong (1947),<br />

Admiralty Islands<br />

aes Astronomic Station<br />

Nishino-Shimo, Bonin<br />

Islands<br />

afa Astronomic Station<br />

No. B1 (1921), Pulap<br />

Atoll, Caroline Islands<br />

afc Astronomic Station<br />

No.1 (1951), Pingelap<br />

Island, Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

afe Astronomic Station<br />

No. 1 (1951), Woleai<br />

Atoll, Caroline Islands<br />

afg Astronomic Station<br />

No. 2 (1951), Majuro<br />

Atoll, Marshall Islands<br />

afi Astronomic Station<br />

No. 2 (1952), Wake<br />

Island<br />

afk Astronomic Sation No.<br />

8 (1951), Ngatik Atoll,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

afm Astronomic Station<br />

No. 32 (1951), Ulithi<br />

Atoll, Marshall Islands<br />

afo Astronomic Station<br />

No. 61-A (1951),<br />

Jauluit Atoll, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

afp Astronomic Station afq Astronomic Station


No. 5, Chichi-Jima,<br />

Bonin Islands<br />

afr Astronomical Fixation<br />

W.A. 21, Western<br />

Australia<br />

aft Astronomical Station,<br />

Salankana, New<br />

Guinea<br />

agb Astro-Secor 1966,<br />

Tarawa and Gilbert<br />

Islands<br />

agd Atafu Astro, Atafu<br />

Island, Tokelau Is.<br />

agf Athens National<br />

Observatory<br />

agh Austral Pillar W.A.,<br />

Western Australia<br />

agj Australian Army<br />

Observation Point<br />

W.A. 3, Cockatoo<br />

Island<br />

Ponape (1951),<br />

Ponape Island,<br />

Senyavin Islands,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

afs Astronomical Station,<br />

Dunpu, New Guinea<br />

aga Astronomical Station,<br />

Wau, New Guinea<br />

agc Asuncion Astronomic<br />

Station (1920),<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

age Athens Datum<br />

agg Athi, Kenya<br />

agi Australian Army<br />

Observation Point L.A.<br />

22, Lacrosse Island<br />

agk Australian Datum<br />

agl Australian Geodetic agm Australian Provisional<br />

Datum<br />

agn Ayabacas Base, Peru ago Azabu Observatory,<br />

Tokyo<br />

agp B of base-Luiz<br />

Correia, Brazil<br />

agr Bahia Honda,<br />

Venezuela<br />

agt Baker Island Astro<br />

Pier, Oceania<br />

ahb Baku 1927 System,<br />

Azerbaijan<br />

agq Baa-Ratti, Lesser<br />

Sunda Islands<br />

ags Baie du Morbihan<br />

Base North End,<br />

Kerguelen<br />

aha Baku-Aleksandra-<br />

Neviskiy Cathedral,<br />

Azerbaijan<br />

ahc Balanchan, Philippines<br />

ahd Balikesir, Turkey ahe Baliza Chiriguano,<br />

Graham Land,<br />

Antarctica<br />

ahf Baltra Island Astro,<br />

Galapagos Island<br />

ahh Banika Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Russel Island,<br />

Solomon Islands<br />

ahg Banjer Masin Astro,<br />

Borneo<br />

ahi Bara Bay, Buru,<br />

Moluccas, Indonesia<br />

ahj Barcelona, Venezuela ahk Barreira do Monta,<br />

Brazil<br />

ahl Base Este (Fort de<br />

Coimbra), Brazil<br />

ahn Bathurst Base East<br />

End, Gambia<br />

ahp Beacon, Christmas<br />

Island, Line Islands<br />

ahr Belgian 1950 System<br />

(Lommel Signal)<br />

aht Belgrano 1928,<br />

Argentina<br />

ahm Batavia, Java,<br />

Indonesia<br />

aho Beacon A, Espiritu<br />

Santo Island, New<br />

Hebrides<br />

ahq Bekaa Badse, South<br />

End, Lebanon<br />

ahs Belgrano (old),<br />

Argentina<br />

aia Bengasi Lighthouse,<br />

Libya


aib Beni Meyimel,<br />

Morocco<br />

aic Barracks, Libya<br />

aid Bermuda Datum 1943 aie Bermuda Datum 1957<br />

aif Bermuda Datum 1959 aig Bermuda Datum 1964<br />

aih Bern (1898) aii Biak Base West End,<br />

Biak Island, Schouten<br />

Islands<br />

aij Biao, Fernando Po<br />

Island, Equatorial<br />

Guinea<br />

ail Bikini, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

ain Birnie Island, Phoenix<br />

Island<br />

aik Bikati (Pikhat) Island<br />

Astro, Gilbert Is.<br />

aim Binaro Astro, 1949<br />

aio Bissau Base<br />

Northwest End Pillar,<br />

Guinea-Bissau<br />

aip Bjornova aiq Blumut, Johore,<br />

Malaysia<br />

air Boa Entrada, 1955 ais Boca Grande Astro,<br />

Venezuela<br />

ait Boghra, Afghanistan aja Bogotá Observatorio,<br />

Colombia<br />

ajb Bogoslovskiy ajc Bogovskaya<br />

ajd Bokku Island<br />

Triangulation Station,<br />

Wotje Atoll, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

aje Bolkhov<br />

ajf Bon Said Lighthouse,<br />

Tunisia<br />

ajg Bonto Island<br />

Triangulation Station,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

ajh Borowa Gora, Poland aji Borugu-Byo Astro,<br />

China<br />

ajj Bosun Astro 1941,<br />

Midway Islands<br />

ajl Bowen Observation<br />

Spot, Queensland,<br />

Australia<br />

ajk Botanical Hill, South<br />

Island, N.Z.<br />

ajm Brazzaville, Congo<br />

(Brazzaville)<br />

ajn BS 67, Malaysia ajo Bucharest<br />

ajp Buffelsfontein, South<br />

Africa<br />

ajr Bukit Panau,<br />

Kelantan, Malaysia<br />

ajq Bukit Asa Datum,<br />

Selangor, Malaysia<br />

ajs Bukit Rimpan, Banka<br />

Island, Indonesia<br />

ajt Bulgarian aka Buller, South Island,<br />

New Zealand<br />

akb Busoga, Uganda akc Busowa, Uganda<br />

akd Bushehr, Iran ake Byrd Station,<br />

Antarctica<br />

akf Cabo Bojador<br />

Lighthouse, Western<br />

Sahara<br />

akh Cairns, Queensland,<br />

Australia<br />

akj Camorta, Nicobar<br />

Islands<br />

akl Campo de Mayo Base,<br />

Argentina<br />

akn Campos Rodrigues,<br />

Mozambique<br />

akg Cagayan Sulu,<br />

Philippines<br />

aki Camacupa Base SW<br />

End (Campo de<br />

Aviacao), Angola<br />

akk Camp Area Astro<br />

akm Campo Inchauspe,<br />

Argentina<br />

ako Cam Lang, Vietnam<br />

akp Candlemas Island akq Canton Island Astro


Astro, Antarctica 1966<br />

akr Cap Esteiras Astro aks Cape Canaveral<br />

Datum, USA<br />

akt Cape Hotham<br />

Lighthouse, Northern<br />

Territory, Australia<br />

alb Cape Town<br />

Observatory, South<br />

Africa<br />

ald Caracas (Observatorio<br />

Cajigal) 1911<br />

ala Cape St. Jacques,<br />

Vietnam<br />

alc Cape, South Africa<br />

ale Caracas (Observatorio<br />

Cajigal) 1937<br />

alf Cardenas, Cuba alg Carthage<br />

alh Castanea delle Furie,<br />

Sicily<br />

alj Castelo di São Jorge,<br />

Lisbon, Portugal<br />

all Cay Panaeati Island,<br />

Deboyne Islands,<br />

Louisiade Archipelago<br />

aln Centro de Base (Mato<br />

Grosso), Brazil<br />

alp Cerro Puntiagudo,<br />

Argentina<br />

ali Castelli Base SE End,<br />

Argentina<br />

alk Castiletes, Venezuela<br />

alm Central Origin,<br />

Australia<br />

alo Cerro de Montevideo,<br />

Uruguay<br />

alq Ceylon<br />

alr Chagos (Sao 69) als Ch'ang'chun,<br />

Manchuria<br />

alt Ch'eng-te, Manchuria ama Chi-kou-yang, China<br />

amb Ch'in Hsien Astro,<br />

China<br />

amc Ch'ung-Yang, China<br />

amd Chang-chia-kou,<br />

China<br />

amf Chatham Island<br />

Observatory, Port<br />

Blair, Andaman<br />

Islands<br />

amh Chernyy Verkh,<br />

Bulgaria<br />

amj Chichi Jima, Bonin<br />

Islands<br />

aml Chin-men'tao Astro,<br />

China<br />

amn China Land Survey<br />

School, China<br />

ame Chatham Island<br />

Astronomical Section,<br />

Chatham Island, N. Z.<br />

amg Chen-tu Astro, China<br />

ami Chiao-shan, China<br />

amk Chich-ch'eng Astro,<br />

China<br />

amm Chiu-chiang Astro,<br />

China<br />

amo Ching-chou Astro,<br />

China<br />

amp Ching-lo Astro, China amq Ching-men Astro<br />

(West Base), China<br />

amr Cho-lu Astro, China ams Chos Malal, Argentina<br />

amt Christmas Island Astro ana Chua Astro<br />

anb Chung-kung-ch'i anc Chufut-Kale<br />

Astro, China<br />

and Church (Luganville),<br />

Espiritu Santo Island,<br />

New Hebrides<br />

ane Chyahatsuro Astro,<br />

China<br />

anf Circuit, Rhodesia ang Clipperton Island<br />

Astro 1957<br />

anh Clipperton Island Light<br />

1935<br />

ani Colline Verte<br />

Lighthouse,<br />

(Kwangshowan),<br />

China<br />

anj Conakry Pyramid of ank Congo Yella Base,


the Service<br />

Géographique, Guinea<br />

anl Congreso Plaza<br />

Constitucion,<br />

Asunción, Paraguay<br />

ann Cookes Pillar, Broome,<br />

Western Australia<br />

Zaire<br />

anm Constanta, Romania<br />

ano Copenhagen (Nicolai),<br />

Denmark<br />

anp Cordoba anq Corrego Alegre, Brazil<br />

anr Cotonou Astro ans Cruz Astro,<br />

Guadalcanal, Solomon<br />

Is.<br />

ant Dacin-byo Astro,<br />

China<br />

aoa Daito Shima Astro,<br />

Ryukyu Islands<br />

aob Dakar, Senegal aoc Danish Geodetic<br />

Institute 1934 System<br />

(AGRI)<br />

aod Darwin Observation<br />

Pillar, Northern<br />

Territory, Australia<br />

aof Datum de Ilha<br />

Gracioso-Base SW,<br />

Terceira, São Jorge,<br />

Pico, Faial and<br />

Gracioso, Azores<br />

aoh Datum Nacional (San<br />

José), Chile<br />

aoj DC-3 Astro-1913, St.<br />

Lucia<br />

aoe Datum da Ilha das<br />

Flores and Corvo,<br />

Azores<br />

aog Datum du Ilha de São<br />

Miguel-S, Bras, São<br />

Miguel and Santa<br />

Maria Is., Azores<br />

aoi Davao, Mindinao,<br />

Philippines<br />

aok Dedele Point<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Papua<br />

aol Dergachi, Ukraine aom Derna Lighthouse,<br />

Libya<br />

aon Desaiz, Martinique, aoo Dili, Timor, Indonesia<br />

Lesser Antilles<br />

aop Direction Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Cocos (Keeling)<br />

Islands<br />

aor Dodo Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Arno Atoll, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

aoq Djakarta New,<br />

Indonesia<br />

aos Dominica Astro M-12,<br />

Lesser Antilles<br />

aot Dorpat II, Estonia apa DOS Astro Guxi<br />

(Guadalcanal),<br />

Solomon Islands<br />

apb DOS Astro SLX2, apc DOS 415, Gambia<br />

Sierra Leone<br />

apd Douala Airfield<br />

ape Dunnose<br />

Flagstaff, Cameroon<br />

apf East Base, Loyalty<br />

Islands<br />

apg East Mediterranean<br />

Chain, Tunisia<br />

aph Easter Island 1967 api Eastern Rock, Poeloe<br />

Bam, West Irian<br />

apj Egypt-1930 apk El Aaiun, Western<br />

Sahara<br />

apl El Bolson SB,<br />

Argentina<br />

apn Emery Point<br />

Lighthouse, Northern<br />

Territory, Australia<br />

apm Elbow Cay Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

apo Enderbury Island<br />

app Enibrik Island apq Eniibukku Island


Observation Spot,<br />

Ailinginae Atoll,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

apr Eniirikku Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Mogiri, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

apt Eniwetok-Wake 1960<br />

Datum, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

aqb Enyvertok Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Rongerik Atoll,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Mogiri, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

aps Eniwetok Astro Pier,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

aqa Enuebing<br />

Triangulation Station,<br />

Ailinglapalap Atoll,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

aqc Erappu Channel<br />

Triangulation Station,<br />

Ailuk Atoll, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

aqd Erdohegy, Hungary aqe Erh-lien Dabasu Astro,<br />

China<br />

aqf Estanques, Venezuela aqg ETC Longitude Pillar,<br />

Malta<br />

aqh European Datum aqi Extremo B2 Base<br />

Forteleza, Brazil<br />

aqj Extremo SE da Base<br />

(Minas Gerica), Brazil<br />

aql Faaire Island Astro<br />

Station, Tuamoto<br />

Archipelago<br />

aqk Extremo Sul da Base<br />

(Piaui), Brazil<br />

aqm Fais Astro, Fais Island,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

aqn Fakfak, West Irian aqo Famagusta, Cyprus<br />

aqp Fao, Iraq aqq Farallon de Medinilla<br />

Astro Station (1921),<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

aqr Farallon de Pajaros<br />

Astro Station (1920),<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

aqs Fernando de Noronha<br />

Astro, Brazil<br />

aqt Fiji, 1956 ara Final Sydney Datum<br />

1941, New South<br />

Wales, Australia<br />

arb Final 1958, Iran arc Firestone Astro,<br />

Liberia<br />

ard First Astro 1942 are Flagstaff Government<br />

Station, Abaiang Atoll,<br />

Gilbert Islands<br />

arf Flamingo Cay Light, arg Flores Astro 1939<br />

Bahamas<br />

arh Forteleza Astro, Brazil ari Fort Ambon,<br />

Moluccas, Indonesia<br />

arj Fort Charles Flagstaff,<br />

Greater Antilles<br />

arl Fort George<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Cayman Islands<br />

arn Fort Thomas 1955, St<br />

Kitts-Nevis<br />

arp French Mission Astro,<br />

Ecuador<br />

ark Fort Cornwallis<br />

Flagstaff, Penang<br />

arm Fort St Louis Flagstaff,<br />

Martinique<br />

aro French Hydrographic<br />

arq Front Range, New<br />

Caledonia<br />

arr Fuglenes, Norway ars Gabon 1951<br />

art Gaferut Astro,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

asb Gambia Datum,<br />

Gambia<br />

asa Gahai-Byo Astro,<br />

China<br />

asc Gan 1970<br />

asd Gandajika Base, Zaire ase Gardner Island,


Phoenix Islands<br />

asf Gavan Sibir asg Gawler Downs, South<br />

Island, N.Z.<br />

ash Gellerthegy, Hungary asi Genoa 1908<br />

asj Genuk, Java ask Geodetic Datum 1949,<br />

New Zealand<br />

asl Ghana Datum asm Gladstone Observation<br />

Spot, Queensland,<br />

Australia<br />

asn Goenoeng Dempo,<br />

Sumatra<br />

asp Gora A Krasnovodsk<br />

Gur Yev<br />

asr Gould Astro,<br />

Antarctica<br />

ast Government General,<br />

Dakar, Senegal<br />

atb Graciosa Base SW<br />

End, Terceira, Azores<br />

atd Great Inagua Island<br />

Light, Bahamas<br />

atf Great Ragged Island<br />

Light, Bahamas<br />

aso Golf Links, Sarawak,<br />

Malaysia<br />

asq Gorda Point<br />

Lighthouse, Nicaragua<br />

ass Goulter S Hill, South<br />

Island, N.Z.<br />

ata Government Offices<br />

Flagstaff, Singapore<br />

atc Grasberg, New Guinea<br />

ate Great Isaacs Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

atg Great Stirrup Cay<br />

Astro, Bahamas<br />

ath Greek Datum ati Greenwich<br />

Observatory, UK<br />

atj Gromen 1951 atk Grönfjörden, Svalbard<br />

atl Gronne Island,<br />

Greenland<br />

atm Grupo Escolar, Brazil<br />

atn G Segara Datum, ato G Serindung 1962<br />

Kalimantan, Indonesia<br />

atp Guam 1913 atq Guam 1963<br />

atr Guadalupe Astro 1946 ats Guardia Vecchia,<br />

Sardinia<br />

att Guasopa Woodlark<br />

(Murua) Island,<br />

Trobriand Islands<br />

Field 032 $b : Horizontal datum <strong>Codes</strong>: B<br />

CODE DEFINITION<br />

taa Astronomically determined<br />

tab Local<br />

tac Local astro<br />

tad No datum<br />

tae Other known horizontal datum<br />

zzz Other unknown horizontal datum<br />

baa Guayaquil Astro,<br />

Ecuador<br />

bac Guhong Gajah Trom,<br />

Trengganu, Malaysia<br />

bae Gun Cay Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

bab Guguan Astro Station<br />

(1920), Mariana Is.<br />

bad Gunong Hijau Larut,<br />

Perak, Malaysia<br />

baf Gun Hill, Negri<br />

Sembilan, Malaysia<br />

bag Ha-erh-pin, Manchuria bah Habay-La-Neuve Base<br />

North End,<br />

Luxembourg<br />

bai Hai-la-erh, Manchurai baj Hainan Island, China


ak Hairingassho-Byo<br />

Astro, China<br />

bam Hammond Rock Light,<br />

New Guinea<br />

bao Hanoi Belvedere<br />

(Mirador), Vietnam<br />

baq Harvey Cay Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

bas Hawaiian Hiran, (WGS<br />

1966)<br />

bba Herat North,<br />

Afghanistan<br />

bal Hallett Astro,<br />

Antarctica<br />

ban Hao'hsien Astro, China<br />

bap Harbin, Manchuria<br />

bar Hassetche Base South<br />

End, Syria<br />

bat Helsinki, Kallio<br />

Church, Finland<br />

bbb Hermannskogel,<br />

Austria<br />

bbc Hito XVIII Astro, Chile bbd Hjörsey 1955, Iceland<br />

bbe Ho-ching Astro, China bbf Hog Island Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

bbg Hogsty Reef Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

bbi Hole-in-the-Wall<br />

Light, Bahamas<br />

bbk Hong Kong-New<br />

Territories Datum<br />

bbh Hokkaido Central,<br />

Japan<br />

bbj Hong Kong-Nanking<br />

Astro Datum<br />

bbl Hong Kong 1929<br />

Datum<br />

bbm Hong Kong 1963 bbn Hope Bay, Graham<br />

Land, Antarctica<br />

bbo Horinhodoka Astro,<br />

China<br />

bbp Hospital Astro,<br />

Paraguay<br />

bbq Hsi-an, China bbr Hsi-ta-shan,<br />

Manchuria<br />

bbs Hsin-Yang Astro,<br />

China<br />

bca Hua-Shao-Ying Astro,<br />

China<br />

bbt Hsiu-Ying Astro, China<br />

bcb Huai-an Astro, China<br />

bcc Huai-lai Astro, China bcd Huang River<br />

Commission (1936)<br />

bce Huirangi, North<br />

Island, New Zealand<br />

bcf Hull Island, Phoenix<br />

Islands<br />

bcg Hun-chun, Manchuria bch Hun-shan System<br />

bci Hupeh, Arc 1, China bcj Hupeh, Arc 2, China<br />

bck Hupeh, Arc 3, China bcl Hupeh, Arc 4, China<br />

bcm Hupeh, Arc 5, China bcn Hupeh, Arc 6, China<br />

bco Hupeh, Arc 7, 8 and<br />

9A, China<br />

bcq Hupeh, Arc 12 and 22,<br />

China<br />

bcp Hupeh, Arc 10 and 11,<br />

China<br />

bcr Hupeh, Arc 13 and<br />

15A, China<br />

bcs Hupeh, Arc 14, China bct Hupeh, Arc 16, China<br />

bda Hupeh, Arc 17, China bdb Hupeh, Arc 18, China<br />

bdc Hupeh, Arc 19, China bdd Hupeh, Arc 19A, China<br />

bde Hupeh, Arc 20 and 21,<br />

China<br />

bdg Husdalen, Hopen<br />

Island<br />

bdf Hupeh Local, China<br />

bdh Husvik Astro,<br />

Antarctica<br />

bdi Hu-tzu-shan, Taiwan bdk I-chang Astro (South<br />

Base), China<br />

bdl I-chou Astro, China bdm I-Hsien Astro, China<br />

bdn I-shui Astro, China bdo Iben Astro 1947,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

bdp Ikateq Astro 1945 bdq Îlet à Cochons<br />

Flagstaff, Guadeloupe


dr Iligan, Mindanao,<br />

Philippines<br />

bdt Dal'nerechensk,<br />

Russian Federation<br />

bds Iloiolo, Panay,<br />

Philippines<br />

bea Indian Datum<br />

beb Indian Datum 1916 bec Indian Datum 1960<br />

bed Ireland 1965 bee Irkutsk, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

bef Ishigaki Shima Astro,<br />

Ryukyu Islands<br />

beg Ishpushta,<br />

Afghanistan<br />

beh Isla del Coco Astro bei Ists 973 Astro 1969<br />

bej Isolated Hill, South Is.<br />

New Zealand<br />

bel Italian Triang 1913-<br />

1914<br />

ben Iwo Jima, Bonin<br />

Islands<br />

bek Itaembe-Mini,<br />

Argentina<br />

bem Itarare N Base<br />

Itajuba, Brazil<br />

beo Jabal and Dukhan,<br />

Bahrain Island<br />

bep Jaragua, Brazil beq Jazirat Yaz (RAF Petrol<br />

Tank), Sir Bani Yas<br />

Island, United Arab<br />

Emirates<br />

ber Jesselton, Malaysia bes Jesuit College<br />

Flagstaff, Belize<br />

bet Jo-ch'i Astro, China bfa Johnston Island 1961<br />

Datum<br />

bfb Johnston Origin,<br />

Northern Territory,<br />

Australia<br />

bfc Juing-ch'eng Astro,<br />

China<br />

bfd Jung-shui Astro, China bfe Jurinet-2, Greater<br />

Antilles<br />

bff Kaarappu<br />

Triangulation Point F-<br />

6 (1918), Ant Atoll,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

bfh Kalianpur Hill Station<br />

(National Geodetic<br />

Origin), India/Pakistan<br />

bfj Kandawala Datum,<br />

Ceylon<br />

bfg Kalianpur Datum,<br />

Pakistan/India<br />

bfi Kandalaksha-St John<br />

S Church, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

bfk Kandilli, Turkey<br />

bfl Kantara, Cyprus bfm Kapingamarangi<br />

Astronomic Station<br />

No. 3 (1951), Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

bfn Karamea, South<br />

Island, New Zealand<br />

bfo Karpinsk, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

bfp Kasalinsk bfq Kashizan Datum,<br />

Taiwan<br />

bfr Katanga, Zaire bfs Kauai<br />

bft Kavieng Astro, New<br />

Ireland, Papua New<br />

Guinea<br />

bgb Kenya Colony, Uganda<br />

(Rainsford 1948)<br />

Datum<br />

bgd Kertau 1948 revised,<br />

Malaysia<br />

bgf Kertau (Repsold<br />

System) Malaysia<br />

bga KCS2, Sierra Leone<br />

bgc Kertau, Malaysia<br />

bge Kertau (Everest)<br />

Datum, Malaysia<br />

bgg Kesztej<br />

(Marosvasarhely),<br />

Hungary<br />

bgh Khao Luang, Thailand bgi Khartoum


gj Kieta Astro,<br />

Bougainville, Solomon<br />

Is.<br />

bgl Kloster Ivanic,<br />

Yugoslavia<br />

bgn Koepang, Timor,<br />

Indonesia<br />

bgp Kogo, Rio Muni,<br />

Equatorial Guinea<br />

bgr Koiterangi, South<br />

Island, New Zealand<br />

bgt Koror Observation<br />

Point, Caroline Is.<br />

bhb Kostroma, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

bgk Kili Island Observation<br />

Spot, Marshall Islands<br />

bgm Kobukutei, Pescadores<br />

bgo Koh-I-Malik Siah,<br />

Pakistan<br />

bgq Koiaris Astro 1947,<br />

Bougainville, Solomon<br />

Islands<br />

bgs Korla Astro, China<br />

bha Kos Forst (Coocastello),<br />

Kos<br />

bhc Kowloon Observatory,<br />

Hong Kong<br />

bhd K'uei'tao, China bhe Ku-yuan, China<br />

bhf Kuan-hsiang Shan,<br />

China<br />

bhg Kuching Survey<br />

Origin, Sarawak<br />

bhh Kulusuk, Greenland bhi Kuo'hsien Astro, China<br />

bhj Kusaie Astronomic<br />

Station 3 (1951),<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

bhl Kuybyshev-Orsk,<br />

Russian Federation<br />

bhn Kwangsi Province,<br />

China<br />

bhk Kutaka, Okinawa,<br />

Ryukyu Islands<br />

bhm Kwajalein<br />

Astronomical Position<br />

US Navy 1944,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

bho Kwangtung, China<br />

bhp Kweiyang, China bhq Kyushu West, Japan<br />

bhr Kyustendil, Bulgaria bhs La Canoa<br />

bht Lago Belgrano SB,<br />

Argentina<br />

bia Lago Palena SB,<br />

Argentina<br />

bib Lai-yang Astro, China bic Lamotrek Astronomic<br />

Station (1951),<br />

Lamotrek Atoll,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

bid Latvian bie Le Pouce, Mauritius<br />

bif Lee No 7 (Butler<br />

1911-1913) Guam,<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

bih Leigon Pillar (GCS no<br />

121), Accra<br />

bij Leninsk (Kol<br />

Chugino),<br />

Turkmenistan<br />

big Legaspi, Luzon,<br />

Philippines<br />

bii Lemuta, Samoa<br />

Islands<br />

bik Leros (Lero-Pandelli),<br />

Dodocanese<br />

bil Leste NE Base, Brazil bim Leuen Anchorage<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Namu Atoll, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

bin Lib Island NW Edge,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

bio Li-ching Astro, China<br />

bip Li-shih Astro, China biq Liberia 1964 (Roberts<br />

Field Astro)<br />

bir Liberian Government bis Limones Cuba,<br />

Greater Antilles<br />

bit Lin-ch'ing Astro, China bja Lindis Peak, South Is.,<br />

New Zealand<br />

bjb Line Island Astro bjc Lisbon (Castelo Di São


Jorge)<br />

bjd Listvenichnoye bje Little San Salvado<br />

Light, Bahamas<br />

bjf Liu-k'o'tao, China bjg Lobito Base NE End,<br />

Angola<br />

bjh Lochmaben<br />

Astronomical Station,<br />

Tasmania<br />

bjj Longitude, Mariana<br />

Islands<br />

bjl Losap Astronomic<br />

Station B3 (1924),<br />

Losap Atoll, Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

bjn Lotj Island<br />

Observation Spot, Lae<br />

Atoll, Marshall Islands<br />

bji Loma Quintana,<br />

Venezuela<br />

bjk Lourenço Marques<br />

Observatory,<br />

Mozambique<br />

bjm Losuia, Kiriwina<br />

Island, Caroline Is.<br />

bjo Loudima, Congo<br />

(Brazzaville)<br />

bjp Lu-chi Astro, China bjq Le-feng Base East<br />

End, China<br />

bjr Lu-kou'ch lao Astro,<br />

China<br />

bjt Lung-kuan Astro,<br />

China<br />

bkb Maccio Air Navigation<br />

Light (IAGS), Brazil<br />

bjs Lung 'i'ou Astro, China<br />

bka Luzon Datum,<br />

Philippines<br />

bkc Macuco, Brazil<br />

bkd Madagascar Datum bke Madeira Archipelago<br />

bkf Maderia, Brazil bkg Madrid 1853<br />

bkh Magreva Island Base<br />

North End, Gambier<br />

Is., Tuamotu<br />

Archipelago<br />

bkj Mai, Lucipari Island,<br />

Indonesia<br />

bkl Malayan Revised<br />

Datum, Malaysia<br />

bkn Man Island Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

bkp Mandinga Astro,<br />

Ecuador<br />

bki Mahon 1928,<br />

Argentina<br />

bkk Majuro Astronomic<br />

Station 1944, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

bkm Malta Datum, Malta<br />

Island<br />

bko Manchurian Principal<br />

System<br />

bkq Maniagassa Island<br />

Astro Pier (1944),<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

bkr Manira bks Manokwari, West Irian<br />

bkt Manon (Old),<br />

Argentina<br />

blb Manton Observation<br />

Spot, Molik Atoll,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

bla Manton Triangulation<br />

Point F2(1918),<br />

Senyavin Island,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

blc Marcus Astro 1961<br />

bld Marcus Astro 1965 ble Marosvasarhely,<br />

Hungary<br />

blf Martin Garciá,<br />

Argentina<br />

blh Massoua, (Eritrea),<br />

Ethiopia<br />

blj Matsuwa Astro, Kuril<br />

Islands<br />

blg Masira Island Astro,<br />

1958<br />

bli Matsu Datum<br />

blk Matupi Astro 1947,<br />

New Britain, Papua<br />

New Guinea<br />

bll Maug 1950 71st Esld, blm Maurice Datum,


Mariana Islands Australia<br />

bln Mayo de Campo,<br />

Argentina<br />

blp McMurdo Camp Area,<br />

Antarctica<br />

blr Mejit Astronomic<br />

Station B1 (1919),<br />

Mejit Island, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

blt Mellu Island<br />

Traingulation Station,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

blo McKean Island,<br />

Pheonix Islands<br />

blq Medinella 29th Engr<br />

Astro (1961), Mariana<br />

Islands<br />

bls Melbourne<br />

Observatory, Australia<br />

bma Mellu Island<br />

Traingulation Station<br />

and Ringelap Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

bmb Merchich, Morocco bmc Mercury (Fischer<br />

1960) Datum<br />

bmd Mesedeg, Turkey bme Mi-shan I, Manchuria<br />

bmf Mi-shan II, Manchuria bmg Midway Astro 1961<br />

bmh Miguelete N,<br />

Argentina<br />

bmi Mildura Aerodrome,<br />

Victoria, Australia<br />

bmj Militar, Argentina bmk Minna, Nigeria<br />

bml Misamis, Mindanao,<br />

Philippines<br />

bmn Miyako Jima Astro,<br />

Ryukyu Islands<br />

bmp Modified Mercury<br />

(Fischer 1968)<br />

bmm Misurata Marina, Libya<br />

bmo Moçãmedes, Angola<br />

bmq Mogadiscio, Somalia<br />

bmr Molinduko, Kenya bms Mombassa, Kenya<br />

bmt Monavatu, Viti Levu<br />

Island, Fiji Islands<br />

bnb Monte das Mocas<br />

Datum, Faial and<br />

Terceira Islands,<br />

Azores<br />

bnd Monte Mario 1940,<br />

Rome<br />

bnf Morro de Santo<br />

Antonio, Brazil<br />

bnh Mösting 'A' 1960,<br />

Moon<br />

bnj Mount Rapid, Fleurien<br />

Peninsula, South<br />

Australia<br />

bna Montjong Lower<br />

Datum, Sulawesi<br />

bnc Monte Mario 1875,<br />

Rome<br />

bne Morro de Papagaio,<br />

Principe Island<br />

bng Moscow University<br />

Obs<br />

bni Moulin Jarry,<br />

Guadeloupe<br />

bnk Mozambique<br />

bnl Mt Campbell, Australia bnm Mt Cook, South<br />

Island, New Zealand<br />

bnn Mt Eden, North Island,<br />

New Zealand<br />

bnp Mt Horrible, South Is.,<br />

New Zealand<br />

bnr Mt Pleasant, South<br />

Is., New Zealand<br />

bnt Mt Stewart, North Is.,<br />

New Zealand<br />

boa Mt York, South Island,<br />

New Zealand<br />

bno Mt Eleanor, South Is.,<br />

New Zealand<br />

bnq Mt Nicholas, South<br />

Is., New Zealand<br />

bns Mt Robinson, Malaysia<br />

bnu Monte Verde 1951,<br />

Cape Verde Is.<br />

bob Murilo Astronomic<br />

Station No. 19 (1951),<br />

Murilo Atoll, Caroline<br />

Is.<br />

boc M79, Iraq bod Nahrwan Datum, Iraq


oe Namoluk Astronomic<br />

Station (1924),<br />

Namoluk Atoll,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

bof Nan-ao'tao Astro,<br />

China<br />

bog Nanking Astro, China boh Nanking Datum 1960,<br />

China<br />

boi Naparima Datum,<br />

Trinidad and Tobago<br />

boj New British, UK<br />

bok New Bulgarian bol New Danish System<br />

(Buddings Station I<br />

620, Copenhagen),<br />

Denmark<br />

bom New French, France bon New Egyptian, Egypt<br />

boo New Lighthouse,<br />

Tripoli<br />

boq New Sahara Datum<br />

1959<br />

bos New Sydney Datum,<br />

Australia<br />

bpa Ngulu Astronomic<br />

Station No. 1 (1951),<br />

Ngulu Atoll, Caroline<br />

Is.<br />

bop New Pillar, Tanzania<br />

bor New South Wales,<br />

Australia<br />

bot Ngatik Astronomic<br />

Station No. 8 (1951),<br />

Ngatik Atoll, Caroline<br />

Is.<br />

bpb Nicolai, Copenhagen<br />

bpc Nigeria Datum bpd Nikolayev, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

bpe Nikolskoye Astro 1929 bpf Niu-chiao'shan Astro,<br />

China<br />

bpg NMA/S/21 Azimuth<br />

Island, Antarctica<br />

bpi Nomoi Astro, Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

bpk North American<br />

Datum<br />

bpm North American<br />

Datum 1927<br />

bpo North Base Astro,<br />

Antarctica<br />

bpq North Sahara Datum<br />

1959<br />

bps Northwest Point Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

bqa Numbuiloa, Vanau<br />

Levu Island, Fiji<br />

bqc Observatoire d'Uccle,<br />

Belgium<br />

bqe Observatorio<br />

Astronomico de<br />

Madrid<br />

bqg Observatorio National<br />

do Rio de Janeiro<br />

bqi Observation Point,<br />

South Is., New<br />

Zealand<br />

bph NMA/S/39 Wilkes<br />

Station, Antarctica<br />

bpj Nordlaguna, Jan<br />

Mayen Island<br />

bpl North American<br />

Datum 1913<br />

bpn North Astro 1947<br />

bpp North Point Entrance<br />

Island, Makin Atoll,<br />

Gilbert Islands<br />

bpr Northwest Point Astro,<br />

Bahamas<br />

bpt Noumea, New<br />

Caledonia<br />

bqb Oakham Yof Base,<br />

South End, Senegal<br />

bqd Observatorio<br />

Astronomica de la<br />

Quinta Normal,<br />

Santiago<br />

bqf Observatorio da<br />

Comissão, Brazil<br />

bqh Observatorul<br />

Astronomic Militar Din<br />

Bucuresti (Dealul<br />

Pisc), Romania<br />

bqj Observation Spot<br />

Bairiki Island, Tarawa<br />

Atoll, Gilbert Islands


qk Observation Spot,<br />

South Island, New<br />

Zealand<br />

bqm Observation Spot<br />

(Taruia Pass)<br />

Tongareva Island,<br />

Cook Islands<br />

bqo Okinawa Datum 1927,<br />

Ryukyu Islands<br />

bqs Old British (Greenwich<br />

Observatory)<br />

bql Observation Spot<br />

Government Office,<br />

Kariatebike, Abemama<br />

Island, Gilbert Islands<br />

bqn Octopeque,<br />

Guatemala<br />

bqr Okino-daito-shima<br />

Astro, Daito Islands,<br />

Ryukyu Islands<br />

bqt Old Egyptian, Egypt<br />

bra Old Hawaiian Datum brb Old Lighthouse, Tripoli<br />

brc Old Sydney Datum,<br />

NSW, Australia<br />

bre Oranhada Astro,<br />

China<br />

brg Oranjaran-byo Astro,<br />

China<br />

brd Opaki, North Island,<br />

New Zealand<br />

brf Oranharaga-byo<br />

Astro, China<br />

brh Ordnance Survey of<br />

Great Britain (1936)<br />

Datum<br />

bri Orenburg Cossacks brj Ormoc, Leyte,<br />

Philippines<br />

brk Oroluk Astronomic<br />

Station No.1 (1951),<br />

Oroluk Atoll, Caroline<br />

Is.<br />

brl Orsk, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

brm Osh, Kyrgyzstan brn Oslo Observatory<br />

(Old)<br />

bro Osuihe Astro, China brp Padang Base West<br />

End, Sumatra<br />

brq Paga Hill (1939), New<br />

Guinea<br />

brt Pai-chieh'shan<br />

Lighthouse, China<br />

bsb Palau Astro, Caroline<br />

Islands<br />

brs Pagan 1950 71st Esld,<br />

Pagan Island, Mariana<br />

Islands<br />

bsa Pai-ling-miao Astro,<br />

China<br />

bsc Palermo, Argentina<br />

bsd Palestine 1928 bse Palmer Astro<br />

bsf Panama-Colon,<br />

Panama<br />

bsg Pandeli, Leros,<br />

Deodecanese, Greece<br />

bsh Pantheon, Paris bsi Pao-tou-Astro, China<br />

bsj Papatachi 1949, New<br />

Zealand<br />

bsl Paraguari Base S End,<br />

Paraguay<br />

bsn Parapara, South<br />

Island, New Zealand<br />

bsk Papeeete<br />

Astronomical Pier,<br />

Tahiti<br />

bsm Parana, Argentina<br />

bso Parece Vela<br />

Astronomic Point,<br />

Parece Vela (Douglas<br />

Reef)<br />

bsp Pency, Czechoslovkia bsq Pei-ching, China<br />

bsr Pei-king System 1954,<br />

China<br />

bss Pei-li Astro (1940),<br />

China<br />

bst Pei-ping, China bta Pei-ping 1954<br />

System, China<br />

btb Pelarang, Kalimantan,<br />

Indonesia<br />

btc Pen Phare, Vietnam<br />

btd Pepito, Bolivia bte Perak, Kedah,<br />

Malaysia


tf Perth Observatory,<br />

Western Australia<br />

bth Pete Astro 1969,<br />

Zanzibar<br />

btj Phare du Cap Blanc,<br />

Mauritania<br />

btl Pico de las Nieves,<br />

Gran Canaria<br />

btg Perth 1899, Western<br />

Australia<br />

bti Phare d'Ayabele,<br />

Djibouti<br />

btk Phoenix Island<br />

btm Pico de São Tomé,<br />

São Tomé Island<br />

btn Pico Norte bto Pidurutal Agala,<br />

Ceylon<br />

btp Pier Observation Spot,<br />

Fila Harbour, Efate<br />

Island, New Hebrides<br />

btr Pilar Astrónomico (S<br />

Paulo), Brazil<br />

btt Pilar do Forte, Brazil<br />

Field 032 $b : Horizontal datum <strong>Codes</strong>: C<br />

CODE DEFINITION<br />

taa Astronomically determined<br />

tab Local<br />

tac Local astro<br />

tad No datum<br />

btq Pilar Astrónomico de<br />

Ponta Grossa, Brazil<br />

tae Other known horizontal datum<br />

bts Pilar de Observaciones<br />

de Puerto, Argentina<br />

zzz Other unknown horizontal datum<br />

caa Pinder Point Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

cac Pintados SE Base,<br />

Chile<br />

cab Pingelap Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

cad P'ing-ti-ch Uan, China<br />

cae Pitcairn Astro 1967 caf Plantation Point, Jervis<br />

Bay, Australian Capital<br />

Territory, Australia<br />

cag Point A<br />

cah Ponape Astro 1962<br />

Subcommission 5<br />

Boundary Survey,<br />

Chile-Argentina<br />

cai Port Etienne,<br />

Mauritania<br />

cak Port Langdon South<br />

Base, Groote Eylandt,<br />

Nothern Territory,<br />

Australia<br />

cam Porto Santo<br />

Observatory, Madeira<br />

cao Potsdam<br />

(Helmertturm),<br />

Germany<br />

caj Port Huon Hospital<br />

Bay Observation Spot,<br />

Tasmania<br />

cal Port Lockroy<br />

can Poto Astro, Bolivia<br />

cap Poulo Condore (Con<br />

Son), Vietnam<br />

caq Pronto Socorro, Brazil car Provisional Chilean<br />

1963<br />

cas Provisional National,<br />

Australia<br />

cat Provisional South<br />

American 1956 Datum<br />

cba Peurto Rico Datum cbb Pulap Astronomic<br />

Station No. B1 (1920),<br />

Pulap Atoll, Caroline


Islands<br />

cbc Pulkovo 1913 System cbd Pulkovo 1932 System<br />

cbe Pulkovo 1942 System cbf Punaavia Base North<br />

End, Tahiti<br />

cbg Puntarenas, Costa<br />

Rica<br />

cbi Quito Observatorio,<br />

Ecuador<br />

cbk Ramakure-Byo Astro,<br />

China<br />

cbm Reconnaissance<br />

Triangulation, Morocco<br />

cbo Residence Flagstaff,<br />

Margarava Island,<br />

Gambier Islands<br />

cbh P2 Point, Ile des<br />

Petrels, Adelie Land,<br />

Antarctica<br />

cbj Qornoq Datum,<br />

Greenland<br />

cbl Ra usuva, Viti Levu<br />

Island, Fiji<br />

cbn Red Bridge Astronomic<br />

Station, China<br />

cbp Reval (Tallin), Estonia<br />

cbq Reykjavik, Iceland cbr Riga Petera Baznica,<br />

Latvia<br />

cbs Rikuraru (Emijwan)<br />

Island Triangulation<br />

Station and Likiep<br />

Island South Pass<br />

Reef Triangulation<br />

Station, Likier Atoll,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

cca Rongelap Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

ccc Rota 1950 71 Esld,<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

cce Royal Government of<br />

Afghanistan<br />

ccg Rum Cay Ligh,<br />

Bahamas<br />

cci Saipan Astro US Navy<br />

1944, Saipan Island,<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

cck Sakura-dai II,<br />

Manchuria<br />

cbt Rio Benito, Rio Muni,<br />

Equatorial Guinea<br />

ccb Rongelap 1959<br />

Datum, Marshall Is.<br />

ccd Royal Alfred Obsv.<br />

Mauritania<br />

ccf Rube Point<br />

Observation Spot, Ebo<br />

Atoll, Marshall Islands<br />

cch Sainte Anne I,<br />

Guadeloupe<br />

ccj Sakura-dai I,<br />

Manchuria<br />

ccl Sakura-dai III,<br />

Manchuria<br />

ccm Sama Base, Peru ccn Samana Fort,<br />

Dominican Republic<br />

cco Samate, Salawati<br />

Island, West Irian<br />

ccq Santa Maria Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

ccs San Miguel Astro,<br />

Ecuador<br />

cda San-ya Astro (1940),<br />

China<br />

cdc Sarigan Astronomic<br />

Station (1921),<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

cde Schwarzeck, South<br />

West Africa<br />

ccp Santa Maria-GS-8,<br />

Grenada<br />

ccr San Fernando<br />

Observatory, Spain<br />

cct San-tsao Tao Astro,<br />

China<br />

cdb São Braz, São Migeul<br />

and Santa Maria,<br />

Azores<br />

cdd Sarigan Astro 1964,<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

cdf Seba, Sawu Island,<br />

Indonesia<br />

cdg Selwa, Arabia cdh Semaphore Mast<br />

Cayenne, French<br />

Guiana<br />

cdi Semaphore of cdj Semporna, Malaysia


Noumea (1935), New<br />

Caledonia<br />

cdk Shah-ho-chen Astro,<br />

China<br />

cdm Shang-ch'uan Tao<br />

Astro, China<br />

cdo Shumushu Astro, Kuril<br />

Islands<br />

cdl Shan-hai-kuan<br />

Lighthouse, China<br />

cdn Shen'hsien Astro,<br />

China<br />

cdp Shun-i, China<br />

cdq Siamese, Thailand cdr Sierra Leone Datum<br />

cds Signal Goeland,<br />

Mauritania<br />

cdt Sin-do, Manchuria<br />

cea Sinyum, Pahang,<br />

Malaysia<br />

ceb Smolensk Nikolai,<br />

Russian Federation<br />

cec Socotra 1957 ced Soke, Turkey<br />

cee Soldano Rock,<br />

Venezuela<br />

cef Sommet Tano, New<br />

Caledonia<br />

ceg South African ceh South American 1969<br />

cei South Asia Datum cej South Point Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

cek South Station,<br />

cel South Sumatra<br />

Tongatobu, Tonga<br />

cem Southeast Island, cen Spitzbergen<br />

Seychelles<br />

ceo Stalingrad-Kasan, cep Stockholm<br />

Russian Federation<br />

ceq Stocking Island Astro,<br />

Bahamas<br />

cer Stringer Trig, Papua<br />

New Guinea<br />

ces St Helena 1906 cet St Louis, Senegal<br />

cfa St Matthew<br />

Astronomical Datum,<br />

Alaska<br />

cfc St Petersburg, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

cfb St Paul-St George<br />

1944 Datum, Pribilof<br />

Islands, Alaska<br />

cfd St Stephen S Turm,<br />

Vienna<br />

cfe Sui'hsien Astro, China cff Sui-yang, China<br />

cfg Sul SW Base, Brazil cfh Sumner Astro 1944,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

cfi Survey Beacon SLS<br />

28/57/107, Sierra<br />

Leone<br />

cfk Svobodnyy 1935<br />

System, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

cfm Sydney Island,<br />

Phoenix Islands<br />

cfj Sverdlovsk,<br />

Vozneseniya<br />

Cathedral, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

cfl Sweetings Cay Light,<br />

Bahamas<br />

cfn Sydney Observatory,<br />

NSW, Australia<br />

cfo Szechwan, China cfp Table Hill, New<br />

Zealand<br />

cfq Ta-ch'ang-t'u Shan<br />

Astro, China<br />

cfr Ta-sha-kang, China<br />

cfs Tacloban, Leyte,<br />

Philippines<br />

cft Tai-lai I, Manchuria<br />

cga Tai-lai II, Manchuria cgb Tai-lai III, Manchuria<br />

cgc Tai-lai IV, Manchuria cgd Tai-lao VI, Manchuria<br />

cge Tai-ping-chiao,<br />

Manchuria<br />

cgg Takowaka Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

cgf Taira Datum, Miyaka-<br />

Jima, Ryukyu Is.<br />

cgh Talalabad, Afghanistan


cgi Tananarive<br />

Observatory Datum,<br />

Madagascar<br />

cgl Tang-yang Astro,<br />

China<br />

cgk Tanapag Harbor,<br />

Saipan, Mariana Is.<br />

cgm Tao-hua-pao Astro,<br />

China<br />

cgn Taongi Astro 1952 cgo Taroa Island<br />

Triangulation Station,<br />

Maloelap Atoll,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

cgp Tashkent 1875<br />

System, Uzbekistan<br />

cgq TCI, United Arab<br />

Emirates<br />

cgr Te-an Astro, China cgs Tebun-Byo Astro,<br />

China<br />

cgt Termez Astro,<br />

Uzbekistan<br />

chb Testigos Astro,<br />

Venezuela<br />

chd TG Soeadja<br />

(Hollandia), West Irian<br />

chf Tien-wen-tien Astro,<br />

China<br />

chh Timbalai 1936 Datum,<br />

Brunei, Borneo<br />

chj Timbalai 1948 Datum,<br />

Brunei, Borneo<br />

cha Ternate, Moluccas,<br />

Indonesia<br />

chc Tete, Mozambique<br />

che Thorshavn, Faeroes<br />

chg Tiflis<br />

chi Timbalai 1938 Datum,<br />

Brunei, Borneo<br />

chk Tinian Control 1950,<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

chl Tirane, Albania chm Tobruk, Libya<br />

chn T'o-k'o-t'o Astro,<br />

China<br />

chp Tokyo Astronomical<br />

Observatory (Old)<br />

1918<br />

cho Tokowa Island<br />

Observation Spot, Mili<br />

Atoll, Marshall Islands<br />

chq Tokyo Datum<br />

chr To-lun, China chs Tomor 1961<br />

cht Toro, Uganda cia Towe Island Astro,<br />

Galapagos Islands<br />

cib Townsville,<br />

Queensland, Australia<br />

cid Tres Barras Extremo<br />

NE da Base, Brazil<br />

cif Triangulation Pointe<br />

Noire 1950-57, Congo<br />

(Brazzaville)<br />

cih Trig A (Poverty Bay<br />

Meridional Circuit),<br />

North Island, New<br />

Zealand<br />

cij Trig E Maketu, North<br />

Is., New Zealand<br />

cil Tripoli (New<br />

Lighthouse)<br />

cin Ts'ao'hsien Astro,<br />

China<br />

cip Tsingtao Observatory,<br />

China<br />

cic Transmit of Venus<br />

Station, Moqattam<br />

Hills, Cairo<br />

cie Trig A (North Taieri<br />

Meridional Circuit),<br />

South Island, New<br />

Zealand<br />

cig Trig A (Hawke S Bay<br />

Meridional Circuit),<br />

North Island, New<br />

Zealand<br />

cii Trig E, South Island,<br />

New Zealand<br />

cik Trinidad<br />

Trigonometrical<br />

Survey Datum<br />

cim Truk Astro 1951,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

cio Tshinsenda Base NW<br />

End (Point A), Zaire<br />

ciq Tsitsihar (Lungkiang),<br />

Manchuria<br />

cir Tsun-hua Astro, China cis T'ung-chou, China


cit T'ung-shan Astro<br />

(East Base), China<br />

cjb Tuhirangi, North<br />

Island, New Zealand<br />

cjd Tung-shih Astro,<br />

China<br />

cjf Tu-shih'kou Astro,<br />

China<br />

cjh Ubajay (Old),<br />

Argentina<br />

cjk Ujelang Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Marshall Islands<br />

cja Tu-lung, China<br />

cjc Tung-sha'tao Astro,<br />

China<br />

cje Tunheim, Bear Island<br />

cjg Tutuila Astro 1962,<br />

Tutuila Islands,<br />

Samoa<br />

cji Ubajay 1928,<br />

Argentina<br />

cjl Ulul Astronomic<br />

Station (1916)<br />

Namonuito Atoll,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

cjm Umm Er Rus, Arabia cjn Unalaska Datum,<br />

Aleution Is., Alaska<br />

cjo Uruppu Astro, Kuril<br />

Islands<br />

cjq US Standard Datum<br />

USA<br />

cjs Uspallata NE Base,<br />

Argentina<br />

cjp US Naval Surveys<br />

1944, Gilbert Islands<br />

cjr Usho Chart 5416<br />

(1945), Minto Reef,<br />

Caroline Islands<br />

cjt Vaitape Flagstaff,<br />

Borabora Island<br />

cka Val de Serra, Brazil ckb Valdez Datum, Alaska<br />

ckc Valentine, Western<br />

Australia<br />

ckd Valle Huemules EG,<br />

Argentina<br />

cke Vanguard Datum, USA ckf Varesmae (System<br />

1937), Estonia<br />

ckg Vi Astro, St Vincent,<br />

Lesser Antilles<br />

ckh Victoria Lighthouse,<br />

Seychelles<br />

cki Victoria Peak, China ckj Vieux Fort, St Lucia,<br />

Lesser Antilles<br />

ckk Vigan, Luzon,<br />

Philippines<br />

ckl Villa Cisneros,<br />

Western Sahara<br />

ckm Voirol, Algeria ckn Volga River<br />

Triangulation<br />

cko Wabutima, Kiriwina<br />

Is., Trobriand Is.<br />

ckq Wake Island Astro<br />

1952<br />

cks West Base Astro,<br />

China<br />

ckp Waigama Misool<br />

Flagstaff, West Irian<br />

ckr Wenang, Sulawesi,<br />

Indonesia<br />

ckt West Entrance<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Canton Island<br />

cla Weti, Pemba Island clb White Sands Datum,<br />

USA<br />

clc White Sea, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

cle World Geodetic<br />

System 1966<br />

clg Wotje Island<br />

Observation Spot,<br />

Wotje Atoll, Marshall<br />

Islands<br />

cld World Geodetic<br />

System 1960<br />

clf World Geodetic<br />

System 1972<br />

clh Wu-ch'uan Astro,<br />

China<br />

cli Wu-lan-hua, China clj Wu-t'ai Astro, China<br />

clk XXIII Aratunga, Cook<br />

Islands<br />

cll Yacare, Uruguay<br />

clm Yang-hsien Astro,<br />

China<br />

cln Yang-lou-t Ung Astro,<br />

China


clo Yang-p'u-chiang Astro,<br />

China<br />

clp Yang yuan Astro,<br />

China<br />

clq Yavin B, Argentina clr Yea Yama, Ryukyu<br />

Islands<br />

cls Yekaterinograd,<br />

Russian Federation<br />

cma Yenisey, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

clt Yenikale, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

cmb Yeuh-chou Astro,<br />

China<br />

cmc Yof Astro 1967 cmd Yu'hsien Astro, China<br />

cme Yu-shan Astro, China cmf Yukon Datum<br />

cmg Yung-ch'eng Astro, cmh Yung-yuan-Chiao,<br />

China<br />

Manchuria<br />

cmi Yur Yev, Russian cmj Zagli, Russian<br />

Federation<br />

Federation<br />

cmk Zamboanga,<br />

cml Zapara Island,<br />

Mindanao, Philippines Venezuela<br />

cmm Zigida Astro, Liberia cmn Zvirblaiciai, Lithuania<br />

cmo Afgooye, Somalia cmp Sapper Hill, Falkland<br />

Islands<br />

Field 032 $c : Grid and Referencing System <strong>Codes</strong>: A - K<br />

Part 1: <strong>Codes</strong> for mathematically-constructed grids (i.e. based on the graticule)<br />

aa Aden Zone ab Afghanistan Gauss-<br />

Krueger Grid<br />

ac Alabama Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

ad Alaska Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

ae Albania Bonne Grid af Algeria Zone see also<br />

North Algeria Zone,<br />

South Algeria Zone<br />

ag American Samoa Coordinate<br />

System<br />

ai Arizona Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

ah Argentine Guass-<br />

Krueger Conformal Grid<br />

aj Arkansas Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

al Australia Belts am Australian Map Grid<br />

an Austria Gauss-Krueger<br />

Grid<br />

ao Azores Gauss<br />

Conformal Grid<br />

ap Azores Guass Zone aq Baku 1927 Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

ar Bavaria Soldner Co- as Belgium Bonne Grid<br />

ordinate System<br />

at Belgium Lambert Grid ba Borneo Rectified Skew<br />

Orthomorphic Grid<br />

bb Brazil Guass Conformal<br />

Grid<br />

bd British Cassini Grid<br />

(100km letters)<br />

bf Bulgaria Grauss-<br />

Krueger<br />

bh Canada British Modified<br />

Grid<br />

bc Brazil Cassini Grid<br />

(10km letters)<br />

be British West Indies Grid<br />

bg California Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

bi Canary Islands<br />

(Spanish) Lambert Grid<br />

bj Canary Islands Zone bk Cape Verde Islands<br />

Zone<br />

bl Cape Verde Peninsula bm Caspian Zone<br />

Grid<br />

bn Caucasus Zone bo Ceylon Belt


p Chile Gauss Conformal bq China Belt<br />

Grid<br />

br China Lambert Grid bs Colombia Gauss<br />

Conformal Grid<br />

bt Colorado Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

ca Connecticut Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

cb Costa Rica Lambert Grid cc Crete Zone<br />

cd Crimea Grid ce Cuba Lambert Grid<br />

cf Cyprus Grid cg Czechoslovak Military<br />

Grid<br />

ch Czechoslovak Uniform ci Dahomey Belt<br />

Cadastral Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

cj Danube Zone ck Delaware Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

cl Denmark General Staff cm Denmark Geodetic<br />

Grid<br />

Institute System 1934<br />

cn Dominican Lambert co East Africa Belt<br />

Grid<br />

cp Egypt Gauss Conformal cq Egypt Purple Belt<br />

Grid<br />

cr Egypt Red Belt cs Egypt 35 degree belt<br />

ct El Salvador Lambert da English Belt<br />

Grid<br />

db Estonian Grid dc Fernando Po Gauss Grid<br />

dd Fiji Grid de Finland Gauss-Krueger<br />

Grid<br />

df Florida Co-ordinate dg Formosa (Taiwan)<br />

System<br />

Gauss-Schreiber Coordinate<br />

System<br />

dh Franz Joseph Land Zone di French Bonne Grid<br />

dj French Equatorial Africa dk French Guiana Gauss<br />

Grid<br />

Grid<br />

dl French Indochina Bonne dm French Lambert Zone<br />

Grid<br />

dn French Somaliland do Gabon Belt<br />

Gauss-Laborde Grid<br />

dp Gabon Gauss Conformal dq Guadeloupe Gauss-<br />

Grid<br />

Laborde Grid<br />

dr Gauss-Krueger Grid ds Georgia Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

dt German Army Grid ea German Gauss-Krueger<br />

(DHG)<br />

Grid<br />

eb Ghana National Grid ec Greece Azimuthal Grid<br />

ed Greece Bon Grid ee Greece Conical<br />

Mecklenburgh Cooridinates<br />

ef Greece Conical<br />

eg Greenland and Lambert<br />

Mecklenburgh Co-<br />

Grid<br />

ordinates (New<br />

Numbering)<br />

eh Guam Co-ordinate ei Gautemala Lambert<br />

System<br />

Grid<br />

ej Guinea Zone ek Guyana Transverse<br />

Mercator Grid<br />

el Haiti Lambert Grid em Hawaii Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

en Hawaiian Grid eo Honduras Lambert Grid


ep Hong Kong Colony Grid eq Hong Kong New System<br />

Cassini Grid<br />

er Hungary Stereographic<br />

Grid<br />

es Iberian Peninsula Zone<br />

et Iceland New Lambert<br />

Grid<br />

fa Iceland Zone fb Idaho Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

fc Illinois Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

fd India Zone<br />

(Unspecified)<br />

rj India Zone 0 rk India Zone I<br />

rl India Zone IIA rm India Zone IIB<br />

rn India Zone IIIA ro India Zone IIIB<br />

rp India Zone IVA rq India Zone IVB<br />

fe Indonesia Mercator Grid ff Indonesia Polyhedric<br />

Grid<br />

fg Iowa Co-ordinate fh Iran National Grid<br />

System<br />

fi Iraq National Grid fj Iraq Zone<br />

fk Irish Cassini Grid fl Irish Transverse<br />

Mercator Grid<br />

fm Italy Gauss-Boaga Grid fn Italy Zone see also<br />

North Italy Zone, South<br />

Italy Zone<br />

fo Ivory Coast Azimuthal fp Ivory Coast Belt<br />

Grid<br />

fq Jamaica Foot Grid fr Japan Plane-<br />

Rectangular Coordinate<br />

System<br />

fs Japan Gauss-Schreiber ft Johore Grid<br />

Grid<br />

ga Kansas Co-ordinate gb Katanga Grid<br />

System<br />

gc Kentucky Co-ordinate gd Kenya Colony Grid<br />

System<br />

ge Korea Gauss-Schreiber gf Guangxi Province Grid<br />

Co-ordinate System<br />

gg Guangdong Province gh Lambert Conformal<br />

Grid<br />

Conic Grid<br />

gi Latvia Co-ordinate gj Levant Stereographic<br />

System<br />

Grid<br />

gk Levant Zone gl Liberia Rectified Skew<br />

Orthomorphic Grid<br />

gm Libya Zone gn Lithuania Gaus-Kreuger<br />

Grid<br />

go Louisiana Co-ordinate gp Luxembourg Gauss-<br />

System<br />

Kreuger Grid<br />

gq Madagascar Grid gr Madeira Zone<br />

gs Maine Co-ordinate gt Malaya Grid<br />

System<br />

ha Malaya Rectified Skew hb Malaya Rectified Skew<br />

Orthomorphic (metre) Orthomorphic (yard)<br />

Grid<br />

Grid<br />

hc Maldive-Chagos Belt hd Malta Belt<br />

he Martinique Gauss Grid hf Maryland Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

hg Massachusetts Co- hh Mauritius Zone<br />

ordinate System


hi Mecca-Muscat Zone hj Mediterranean Zone<br />

hk Mexican Lambert Grid hl Michigan Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

hm Minnesota Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

ho Missouri Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

hq Morocco Zone see also<br />

North Morocco Zone,<br />

South Morocco Zone<br />

hs Mozambique Polyconic<br />

Grid<br />

ja National Grid of Great<br />

Britain (yards)<br />

jc Netherland East Indies<br />

Equatorial Zone British<br />

Metric Grid<br />

je Netherlands East Indies<br />

Southern Zone<br />

jg Netherlands<br />

Stereographic Grid (Old<br />

Numbering)<br />

ji New Sierra Leone<br />

Colony Grid<br />

hn Mississippi Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

hp Montana Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

hr Mozambique labert Grid<br />

ht National Grid of Great<br />

Britain (metres)<br />

jb Nebraska Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

jd Netherlands East Indies<br />

Equatorial Zone US<br />

Yard Grid<br />

jf Netherlands<br />

Stereographic Grid<br />

(New Numbering)<br />

jh Nevada Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

jj New York Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

jk New Zealand Belt jl New Zealand (North<br />

Island) Belt<br />

jm New Zealand (South<br />

Island) Belt<br />

jn New Zealand National<br />

Grid<br />

jo Nicaragua Lambert Grid jp Niger Belt<br />

jq Niger Zone jr Nigeria Colony Belt<br />

js Nord de Guerre Zone jt North Carolina Coordinate<br />

System<br />

ka North Dakota Coordinate<br />

System<br />

kb North Algeria Zone<br />

kc North Italy Zone kd North Korean Gaus-<br />

Krueger Grid<br />

ke North Morocco Zone kf North Sahara Zone<br />

kg North Tunisia Zone kh Northern European<br />

Zone<br />

ki Northern Malaya Grid kj Northwest Africa Zone<br />

kk Norway Gauss-Kreuger kl Ohio Co-ordinate<br />

Grid<br />

System<br />

km Oklahoma Co-ordinate kn Oregon Co-ordinate<br />

System<br />

System<br />

ko Palestine Belt kp Palestine Cassini Grid<br />

kq Palestine Civil Grid kr Panama lambert Grid<br />

ks Paraquay Gauss- kt Peiping Co-ordinate<br />

Kreuger Grid<br />

System of 1954<br />

Field 032 $f : Vertical Datum <strong>Codes</strong><br />

NON-SPECIFIC VERTICAL DATUM<br />

ta Approximate mean sealevel<br />

tj Mean lower low water<br />

tb Local tk Mean lower low water<br />

springs<br />

tc Local LWM tl Lowest normal low water


td Local MSL tm Lowest low water<br />

te Mean sea-level tn Indian Spring low water<br />

tf None to At or near the level of<br />

lowest astronomical tide<br />

tg Arbitrary uu Unknown vertical datum<br />

th Mean low water zz Other known vertical<br />

datum<br />

ti Mean low water springs<br />

OTHER KNOWN VERTICAL DATUM<br />

aa Aburatsubo, Japan ab Accra<br />

ac Aden Mean Sea Level ad Aden Tidal Observatory<br />

ae Adjusted MSL 1891,<br />

Denmark<br />

af Admiralty Datum,<br />

Australia<br />

ag Aitutaki, Cook Islands ah Al Faw (Fao), Iraq<br />

aj Alexandria, Egypt ak Alicante, 1870-72<br />

al Almirante, Panama am Amherst Tidal<br />

Observaory, Burma<br />

an Anhui Assumed, China ao Antalya, Turkey<br />

ap Antofagasta, Chile aq Approximate Kronstadt<br />

ar Apra Harbor, Guam,<br />

Mariana Islands<br />

as Aquaba, Jordan<br />

at Africa (Chile), Bolivia ba Africa, Chile<br />

bb Assab, Ethiopia bc Auckland 1946<br />

bd Australian Capital<br />

Territory Datum<br />

be Balboa (Canal),<br />

Panama<br />

bf Banana, Zaire bg Bangkok RR Station<br />

bh Barahona, Dominican<br />

Republic<br />

bi Beira, Zimbabwe<br />

bj Beirut bk Belfast<br />

bl Belize bm Bench Mark 1 MSL<br />

(1949), Mariana Is.<br />

bn Bench Mark 4 MSL,<br />

Mariana Is.<br />

bo Berlin<br />

bp Biloxi, Mississippi, USA bq Bluff, 1955, New<br />

Zealand<br />

br Bluff, 1960, New<br />

Zealand<br />

bs Brisbane MSL, Australia<br />

bt Broome Jetty MSL,<br />

Western Australia<br />

ca Brussels<br />

cb Buenaventura,<br />

Colombia<br />

cc Burnie, Tasmania<br />

cd Byrd Station, Antarctica ce Cagliari 1956, Sardinia<br />

cf Cairo, Illinois, USA cg Callao, Peru<br />

ch Camarta BM, Nicobar<br />

Island<br />

ci Cape Town<br />

cj Cape York MSL,<br />

ck Cartagena (Atlantic<br />

Australia<br />

Coast), Colombia<br />

cl Casablanca 1922, cm Cascais 1881-1938,<br />

Morocco<br />

Portugal<br />

cn Zhejiang Assumed, co Zhenjiang Customs,<br />

China<br />

China<br />

cp Zhihuang Dao, China cq Zhili River Commission,<br />

China<br />

cr Jilong, Taiwan cs Jing Dao MSL, China<br />

da Coatzacoalcos, Mexico db Colombo 1884-90


dc Conakry, Guinea-<br />

Bissau<br />

de Cooktown MSL,<br />

Australia<br />

dd Constanta, Romania<br />

df Cristobal (Canal),<br />

Panama<br />

dh Dakar, Senegal di Dansk N.N. Denmark<br />

dj Darwin MSL, Australia dk Darwin Town Datum,<br />

Australia<br />

dl Davao Wharf Tide<br />

Staff, Philippines<br />

dn Darby MSL, Western<br />

Australia<br />

dp Diego Garcia, Chagos<br />

Archipelago<br />

dm Denison MSL, Western<br />

Australia<br />

do Devonport MSL,<br />

Tasmania<br />

dq Disko Bugt, Greenland<br />

dr Djakarta ds Dublin Bay, Ireland<br />

dt Dunedin 1958, New<br />

Zealand<br />

ea Durres, Albania<br />

eb Eden Tide Gauge, NSW,<br />

Australia<br />

ec Ensenada, Baja<br />

California, Mexico<br />

ed Errits, Denmark ee Federal Datum,<br />

Zimbabwe<br />

ef Freetown, Sierra Leone eg Fremantle MSL,<br />

Western Australia<br />

eh Fujian Assumed, China ei Genoa 1942<br />

ej Ginara, Punta Colombo, ek Golfito, Costa Rica<br />

Cuba<br />

el Ha Tien MSL, Vietnam em Haifa, Israel<br />

en Haile Conservancy eo Havana<br />

Commission, China<br />

ep Helsinki eq Hobart MSL, Tasmania<br />

er Hobson Bay LWM, es Henan Assumed, China<br />

Victoria, Australia<br />

et Honolulu, Hawaiian<br />

Islands<br />

fb Huai River<br />

Commisssion, China<br />

fa Honto MSL, Sakhalin,<br />

Russian Federation<br />

fc Hunan Assumed, China<br />

fd Hubei Assumed, China fe Ilha e Naos, Panama<br />

ff Illigan Harbour Tide<br />

Staff, Philippines<br />

fg Imbituba, Brazil<br />

fh Inch'on Provisional,<br />

Korea<br />

fi Indian MSL, India<br />

fj Indian Spring Low<br />

Water<br />

fl International Great<br />

Lakes Datum 1955,<br />

USA<br />

fn Irish Ordnance Datum,<br />

Poolbeg<br />

fp Isle of Man Ordnances<br />

Datum<br />

fk International Great<br />

Lakes Datum 1935,<br />

Canada<br />

fm Ireland I Dockyard,<br />

Bermuda<br />

fo Isla de Pinos, Cuba<br />

fq Israel Land Survey<br />

Datum, Jaffa<br />

fr Jaffa fs Jehol Assumed, China<br />

ft Kanmen MSL, China ga Kavala, Greece<br />

gb Jiangsi Assumed, China gc Jiangsu Assumed,<br />

China<br />

gd Jiaozhou Cinan RR, ge Jirin, China<br />

China<br />

gf Klaipeda (Memel), gg Ko Lak MSL, Thailand<br />

Lithuania


gh Kribi, Cameroon gi Kronshtadt (1840),<br />

Russian Federation<br />

gj Kuala Trengganu MSL,<br />

Malaysia<br />

gl Guangdong Assumed,<br />

China<br />

gk Guangsi Assumed,<br />

China<br />

gm Guizhou Assumed,<br />

China<br />

gn La Goulette, Algeria go La Goulette, Tunisia<br />

gp La Guaira, Venezuela gq La Libertad, Ecuador<br />

gr La Libertad, El Salvador gs La Union (Cutuco), El<br />

Salvador<br />

gt Lagos ha Land Survey, Antarctica<br />

hb Launceston City Council hc Lianyun Jiang MSL,<br />

Datum, Tasmania<br />

China<br />

hd Lisov, Czechoslovakia hh Lexingta Zero Point,<br />

China<br />

hi Lombrum, Manus<br />

Island, Admiralty Is.<br />

hj Lome, Togo<br />

hk Low Island, Great hl Low Water Ordinary<br />

Barrier Reef<br />

Spring Tide, Wyndham,<br />

Western Australia<br />

hm Luanda, Angola hn Lyttleton 1938, New<br />

Zealand<br />

ho Makassar, Sulawesi hp Mako Harbour,<br />

Pescadores<br />

hq Malin Head, Ireland hr Manila Bay MSL,<br />

Philippines<br />

hs Mar del Plata,<br />

ht Marseille 1885-96,<br />

Argentina<br />

France<br />

ja Matarani, Peru jb Matavi, Tahiti<br />

jc Maura Tide Gauge, jd Mawson Tide Gauge,<br />

Malaysia<br />

Antarctica<br />

je Mayaguez, Puerto Rico jf Mazatlan, Mexico<br />

jg Mediterranean, Italy<br />

(old net)<br />

jh Mean Gulf Level, USA<br />

ji Mean High Water Sea, jl Mean Sea Level Manifa<br />

Antarctica<br />

Pier, Saudi Arabia<br />

jm Memphis, Tennessee, jn Mina Construction<br />

USA<br />

Datum, Kuwait<br />

jo Mocamedes, Angola jp Mombasa<br />

jq Monrovia jr Montevideo<br />

js Moturiki 1953, New jt MSL Adjustment 1927,<br />

Zealand<br />

Alaska<br />

ka MSL Adjustment 1935, kb MSL Adjustment 1958,<br />

Canadian Geodetic<br />

Datum<br />

Cuba<br />

kc MSL Adjustment 1959, kd MSL Adjustment 1960,<br />

Mexico & Panama<br />

Mexico, Central<br />

America and Colombia<br />

ke MSL Adjustment 1961, kf MSL Adjustment 1962,<br />

Haiti<br />

Chile<br />

kg MSL Adjustment 1964, kh MSL Adjustment 1966,<br />

Jamaica<br />

Ecuador and Peru<br />

ki NADAP I, Hungary kj NADAP II, Hungary<br />

kk Naha BM, Ryukyu<br />

Islands<br />

kl Narvik, Norway<br />

km Nelson 1955, New kn Nevelsk (Honto),<br />

Zealand<br />

Sakhalin Newlyn see<br />

also Ordnance Datum


(Newlyn)<br />

ko NM/S/G, Antarctica kp Nord Norges Normal<br />

Null (NNN), Norway<br />

kq Norges Normal Null,<br />

Norway<br />

ks Normal Null (NN),<br />

Germany<br />

la Noumea MSL, New<br />

Caledonia<br />

lc Okinawa Level, Ryukyu<br />

Islands<br />

le Ordnance Datum,<br />

Lerwick, Shetland Is.<br />

lg Ordnance Datum,<br />

Newlyn 1921<br />

kr Normal Amsterdams<br />

Piel (NAP)<br />

kt Normalhoehen (NH)<br />

System 1960, Germany<br />

lb N.S.P. 1958, Surinam<br />

ld Old Huanghe Zero Pt. ,<br />

China<br />

lf Ordnance Datum,<br />

Liverpool<br />

lh Ordnance Datum,<br />

Stornoway<br />

li Ostende lj Pafos, Cyprus<br />

lk Perth Headland Jetty,<br />

Australia<br />

lm Pimba Railway Datum,<br />

South Australia<br />

ll Pierre du Niton, Geneva<br />

ln Point Fouillole,<br />

lo Point Lonsdale,<br />

Guadeloupe<br />

Australia<br />

lp Point Noire, Congo lq Pont de Capitainerie de<br />

(Brazzaville)<br />

le Ville, São Tomé<br />

Island<br />

lr Port Adelaide MSL,<br />

South Australia<br />

ls Port au Prince, Haiti<br />

lt Port aux Basques, ma Port-aux-Francais,<br />

Newfoundland<br />

Kerguelen Is.<br />

mb Port Dickson, Malaysia mc Port Moresby, Papua<br />

New Guinea<br />

md Port of Spain, Trinidad me Port Royal, Jamaica<br />

mf Port Swettenham MSL, mg Port Waikato 1954,<br />

Malaysia<br />

New Zealand<br />

mh Port Weld MSL,<br />

mi Port Welshpool,<br />

Malaysia<br />

Victoria, Australia<br />

mj Portland MSL, Victoria, mk Principal Datum, Hong<br />

Australia<br />

Kong<br />

ml Puerto Armuelles, mm Puerto Cortés 1948-51,<br />

Panama<br />

Honduras<br />

mn Puerto de Cristobal, mo Puerto Limon, Costa<br />

Panama<br />

Rica<br />

mp Puerto Montt, Chile mq Puerto Plata,<br />

Dominican Republic<br />

mr Puerto Puntarenas,<br />

Costa Rica<br />

ms Pulau Lakei, Malaysia<br />

mt Punta Arenas, Chile na Punta Penasco, Mexico<br />

nb Queensland State<br />

Datum, Australia<br />

nc Reykjavik<br />

nd San Jose, Guatemala ne San Juan del Sur,<br />

Nicaragua<br />

nf Sandy Hook, New ng Santo Antonio 1916,<br />

Jersey, USA<br />

Principe<br />

nh Santo Domingo,<br />

Dominican Republic<br />

ni Sea Ice, Antarctica<br />

nj Sea Level Datum, nk Sea Level Datum,<br />

1912, USA<br />

1929, USA<br />

nl Sea Level Bonin Island nm Seoul


nn Seward-Veldez MSL,<br />

Alaska<br />

np Shanghai-Nanjing RR,<br />

China<br />

nr Shandong Assumed,<br />

China<br />

nt Xinjiang Assumed,<br />

China<br />

no Shanghai Customs,<br />

China<br />

nq Shanxi Assumed, China<br />

ns Shenxi Assumed, China<br />

pa Shunjin Water<br />

Conservancy Bureau,<br />

China<br />

pb Split pc Station R, Ille du<br />

Maregraphe, Terre<br />

Adélie, Antarctica<br />

pd St. James, Barbados pe St. John, New<br />

Brunswick, Canada<br />

pf Stockholm pg Sydney Datum MSL,<br />

NSW, Australia<br />

ph Sydney Standard,<br />

NSW, Australia<br />

pj Tacloban Tide Staff,<br />

Leyte, Philippines<br />

pi Sichuan Assumed,<br />

China<br />

pk Dagu MSL, China<br />

pl Dagu Zero Point, China pm Talara, Peru<br />

pn Dalian, China po Tallin (Reval), Estonia<br />

pp Tamateve, Malagasy pq Tampico, Mexico<br />

pr Tandjungpriak TG, Java ps Tanga, Tanzania<br />

pt Tararu, New Zealand qa Thessaloniki<br />

qb Tibe Gauge<br />

Observatory, Port Blair,<br />

Andaman Islands<br />

qc Tokyo<br />

qd Topoplobampo, Mexico qe Torres (Brazil),<br />

Paraguay<br />

qf Torres, Brazil qg Torun, Poland<br />

qh Townsville,<br />

Queensland, Australia<br />

qi Tregde, Norway<br />

qj Trieste 1875 (Italy),<br />

Austria,<br />

Czechoslovakia,<br />

Hungary & Yugoslavia<br />

qk Tripoli<br />

qm Unahi Road, New<br />

Zealand<br />

qn Valparaiso, Chile<br />

qo Varna, Bulgaria qp Vladivostok<br />

qq Walvis Bay, Southwest qr Wanganui, New<br />

Africa<br />

Zealand<br />

qs Wangpoo Conservancy qt Wellington 1953, New<br />

Board, China<br />

Zealand<br />

ra Williamstown LWM, rb Wonsan (Genzan),<br />

Australia<br />

Korea<br />

rc Wusong MSL, China rd Wusong Zero Point,<br />

China<br />

re Yunnan Assumed,<br />

China<br />

rf Apollo 15 Datum, Moon<br />

rg General Levelling,<br />

France<br />

rh Mosting 'A' 1960, Moon<br />

Field 032 $g & $j: Unit of Measurement of Heighting Code<br />

CODE UNIT OF<br />

MEASUREMENT<br />

CODE UNIT OF<br />

MEASUREMENT<br />

aa Metre ak French foot (metric)


Field 034 $a : Type of Scale Code<br />

ab Imperial foot al French foot (Imperial)<br />

ac Saszhen am Roman palm<br />

ad Klafter an Portuguese palm<br />

ae Fathom ao South African foot<br />

af Dutch foot ap Danish foot<br />

ag Prussian foot aq Norwegian foot<br />

ah Austrian foot ar Swedish foot<br />

ai Spanish foot uu Unknown unit<br />

aj Bavarian foot zz Other known unit<br />

CODE SCALE<br />

a Linear scale<br />

b Angular scale<br />

z Other types of scale (e.g. time scale, quantitative<br />

statistical scale)<br />

Field 034 $d to $g: Character position 1 - Co-ordinates Code<br />

CODE CO-ORDINATE<br />

w West<br />

e East<br />

n North<br />

s South<br />

Field 034 $q: Unit of Measurement of Co-ordinates<br />

CODE UNIT OF MEASUREMENT<br />

a Degree, minute and seconds (i.e. based on 90)<br />

b Grads (i.e. based on 100)<br />

u Unknown<br />

z Other known measure<br />

Field 036 $a and $b: Character position 1 - Status of Date Code<br />

CODE SCALE<br />

a Recorded on item<br />

b Ascribed<br />

c Actual date before date given on item<br />

d Actual date after date given on item<br />

Field 036 $a and $b: Character position 2-3 - Type of Situation Date (aa-cz) or<br />

Manufacture Date (da-dz) <strong>Codes</strong><br />

CODE TOPOGRAPHIC<br />

BASE DATES<br />

CODE INSTRUCTION<br />

DATES<br />

aa Surveyed ca Thematic information<br />

(other than<br />

specifically coded<br />

elements)<br />

ab Relief information cb Air information<br />

currency<br />

ac Air photography (used<br />

in base compilation)<br />

cc Air photography (used<br />

for information)<br />

ad Air triangulation cd Boundary information


ae Bathymetry surveyed ce Road information<br />

af Hydrography surveyed cf Topographic<br />

information<br />

au Unspecified<br />

topographic base date<br />

az Other stated<br />

topographic base date<br />

CODE CONSTRUCTION<br />

DATES<br />

cu Unspecified<br />

information date<br />

cz Other stated<br />

information date<br />

CODE MANUFACTURE<br />

DATES<br />

ba Compiled da Copyright date<br />

bb Source material db Drafting / scribing<br />

date<br />

bc Revised dc Drawing date<br />

bu Unspecified<br />

construction date<br />

bz Other stated<br />

construction date<br />

dd Edition date<br />

de Engraving / etching /<br />

lithography etc. date<br />

df Photography /<br />

imagery date (date of<br />

exposure)<br />

dg Prepared date<br />

dh Print date<br />

di Produced date<br />

dj Pulication bdate<br />

dk Reprint date<br />

dl State date<br />

du Unspecified<br />

manufacture date<br />

dz Other known<br />

manufacture<br />

Field 038 Character positions 1-2: Name and purpose of system code<br />

METEROLOGICAL<br />

SATELLITES<br />

aa Tiros ga ERTS<br />

EARTH RESOURCES<br />

SATELLITES<br />

ab ATS gb LANDSAT 1<br />

ac NOAA gc LANDSAT 2<br />

ad Nimbus gd LANDSAT 3<br />

ae METEOSAT ge LANDSAT 4<br />

af GOES gf SEASAT<br />

ag ESSA gg Skylab<br />

au Name unknown gh Spacelab<br />

az Other known satellite gi Soyuz<br />

SPACE OBSERVING<br />

SATELLITES<br />

gj Salut<br />

gk Gemini<br />

ma Explorer 1 gl Apollo<br />

mb Explorer 1i gm Matsat<br />

mc Voyager 1 gn SPOT<br />

md Voyager 2 go COSMOS<br />

me Surveyor gu Name unknown<br />

mu Name unknown gz Other known satellite<br />

mz Other known satellite<br />

AERIAL OR TERRESTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHY<br />

pa Unspecified, surveying and mapping purpose


pb Unspecified, reconnaissance (stereo-viewing) purpose<br />

pc Unspecified, reconnaissance (non-stereo-viewing)<br />

purpose<br />

pu Aerial or terrestrial photography, purpose unknown<br />

pz Other known purposes of aerial or terrestrial<br />

photography<br />

ERTS has been retained even though it is synonymous with at least LANDSAT 1 and<br />

LANDSAT 2. Local practice may wish to group all LANDSATs together under ERTS.<br />

Field 038 Character position 3: Position of platform code<br />

CODE POSITION OF PLATFORM<br />

a Terrestrial<br />

b Aerial<br />

c Space<br />

Field 038 Character position 4: Perspective of platform code<br />

CODE POSITION OF PLATFORM<br />

a Low oblique<br />

b High oblique<br />

c Vertical<br />

Field 038 Character positions 5-6: Recording technique code<br />

LIGHT EMISSION THERMAL INFRA-RED<br />

DETECTION<br />

aa Return beam vidicon<br />

recording (RBV)<br />

da Infra-red line scanning<br />

ab False colour photography dv Combination of various<br />

thermal<br />

infra-red detection<br />

techniques<br />

ac Multispectral<br />

photography<br />

ad Multispectral scanning<br />

(MSS)<br />

ae Conventional<br />

photography<br />

dz Other thermal infra-red<br />

detection<br />

MICROWAVE EMISSION<br />

ga Sidelooking Airborne<br />

Radar (SLAR)<br />

af Thematic mapper gb Synthetic Aperture Radar<br />

(SAA)<br />

av Combination of various<br />

light emission techniques<br />

az Other known light<br />

emission<br />

uu Unknown technique<br />

zz Other known technique<br />

gc Passive microwave<br />

mapping<br />

gz Other known microwave<br />

emission<br />

Field 038 Character positions 7-10: Spectral information code<br />

BAND IDENTIFICATION FILTER<br />

a Band 1 q Blue<br />

b Band 2 r Green<br />

c Band 3 s Red<br />

d Band 4 t Infra-red<br />

e Band 5 OTHER SPECTRAL


f Band 6 INFORMATION<br />

g Band 7 mu Unknown numbered<br />

band(s)<br />

h Band 8 mv Combination of more<br />

i Band 9<br />

than 4<br />

numbered bands<br />

FILM SENSITIVITY mz Other known numbered<br />

bands<br />

n Ultra-violet section of<br />

spectrum<br />

o Visible section of<br />

spectrum<br />

p Infra-red section of<br />

spectrum<br />

Field 038 Character position 11: Colour code<br />

CODE COLOUR<br />

a Black and white<br />

b Other monochrome<br />

c Multicolour<br />

u Unknown<br />

wavelength/filter<br />

z Other known<br />

wavelength/filter<br />

Field 038 Character position 12: Degree of cloud cover code<br />

CODE APPROXIMATE CLOUD COVER<br />

a 0-10%<br />

b 10-30%<br />

c 30-50%<br />

d Over 50 %<br />

x Not applicable (e.g. radar images and<br />

images from meteorological satellites)<br />

Field 038 Character position 13: Type of positional correction code<br />

CODE TYPE OF POSITIONAL CORRECTION<br />

a Corrected to accurate position ('geometric<br />

GCP correction')<br />

b Corrected to relative position ('relative<br />

GCP correction')<br />

c Corrected by other system data ('system<br />

level correction')<br />

u Existence of correction unknown<br />

x Correction unnecessary<br />

y Uncorrected<br />

z Other known correction

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