Appendix D : Cartographic Materials Codes
Appendix D : Cartographic Materials Codes
Appendix D : Cartographic Materials Codes
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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