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Introduction

A map datum is a reference from which measurements are made. In geodesy, a geodetic or map datum is a set of reference points on the earth's surface against which position measurements are made, and (often) an associated model of the shape of the earth (reference ellipsoid) to define a geographic coordinate system. Some examples of geodetic datums are: NAD27, NAD83, ED50 etc...


Parameters

An map datum can be defined in the Eye4Software Coordinate Calculator or Eye4Software GPS Toolkit using 7 parameters, also called Helmert-7 parameters:

  • Scale Factor;
  • Translation X ( tX );
  • Translation Y ( tY );
  • Translation Z ( tZ );
  • Rotation X ( rX );
  • Rotation Y ( rY );
  • Rotation Z ( rZ );

Also an ellipsoid has to be specified when a map datum is defined.


List of map datums used around the world

EPSG ID# Map Datum Name
4143 Abidjan 1987
4168 Accra
4201 Adindan
4205 Afgooye
4206 Agadez
4202 AGD66
  AGD66 (NTv2)
4203 AGD84
  AGD84 (NTv2)
4204 Ain el Abd
4191 Albanian 1987
4169 American Samoa 1962
4289 Amersfoort
4196 Ammassalik 1958
4600 Anguilla 1957
4601 Antigua 1943
4208 Aratu
4209 Arc 1950
4210 Arc 1960
4712 Ascension Island 1958
4901 ATF (Paris)
4122 ATS77
4176 Australian Antarctic
4713 Ayabelle Lighthouse
4183 Azores Central 1948
4665 Azores Central 1995
4182 Azores Occidental 1939
4184 Azores Oriental 1940
4664 Azores Oriental 1995
4212 Barbados 1938
4211 Batavia
4813 Batavia (Jakarta)
4762 BDA2000
4213 Beduaram
4214 Beijing 1954
4215 Belge 1950
4809 Belge 1950 (Brussels)
4313 Belge 1972
4714 Bellevue
4216 Bermuda 1957
4801 Bern 1898 (Bern)
4306 Bern 1938
4165 Bissau
4218 Bogota 1975
4802 Bogota 1975 (Bogota)
4219 Bukit Rimpah
4475 Cadastre 1997
4220 Camacupa
4715 Camp Area Astro
4221 Campo Inchauspe
4222 Cape
4717 Cape Canaveral
4223 Carthage
4816 Carthage (Paris)
  CGRS93
4149 CH1903
4150 CH1903+
4672 Chatham Islands 1971
4673 Chatham Islands 1979
  Chilean 1963
4490 China Geodetic Coordinate System 2000
4160 Chos Malal 1914
4151 CHTRF95
4224 Chua
4708 Cocos Islands 1965
4632 Combani 1950
4315 Conakry 1905
5524 Corrego Alegre 1961
4225 Corrego Alegre 1970-72
5365 Costa Rica 2005
4226 Cote d'Ivoire
  Crozet 1963
4623 CSG67
4155 Dabola 1981
4274 Datum 73
5681 DB_REF
4316 Dealul Piscului 1930
4317 Dealul Piscului 1970
4736 Deception Island
4227 Deir ez Zor
4755 DGN95
4314 DHDN
  DHDN (NTv2)
4724 Diego Garcia 1969
4602 Dominica 1945
4228 Douala
4192 Douala 1948
5264 DRUKREF 03
4719 Easter Island 1967
4230 ED50
  ED50 Cyprus
  ED50 Egypt
  ED50 Finland
  ED50 Greece
  ED50 Iran
  ED50 Ireland
  ED50 Malta
  ED50 Middle East
  ED50 Norway
  ED50 Portugal
  ED50 Sardinia
  ED50 Sicily
  ED50 Spain
  ED50 Tunisia
  ED50 United Kingdom
  ED50 Western Europe
4154 ED50(ED77)
4668 ED79
4231 ED87
  EFATE-IGN 1957
4229 Egypt 1907
4199 Egypt 1930
4706 Egypt Gulf of Suez S-650 TL
4159 ELD79
4133 EST92
4180 EST97
4258 ETRS89
4232 Fahud
4688 Fatu Iva 72
4741 FD54
4132 FD58
4721 Fiji 1956
4720 Fiji 1986
4753 fk89
4621 Fort Marigot
4684 Gan 1970
4685 Gandajika
4233 Gandajika 1970
4197 Garoua
4234 Garoua
4283 GDA94
5246 GDBD2009
4742 GDM2000
4121 GGRS87
4747 GR96
4723 Grand Cayman 1959
4646 Grand Comoros
4120 Greek
4815 Greek (Athens)
4603 Grenada 1953
4622 Guadeloupe 1948
  Guadeloupe Fort Marigot
  Guadeloupe Ste Anne
4675 Guam 1963
4682 Gulshan 303
  GUX1 Astro
  Guyane CSG67 UTM fuseau 21
4235 Guyane Francaise
4147 Hanoi 1972
4148 Hartebeesthoek94
3819 HD1909
4237 HD72
4660 Helle 1954
4255 Herat North
4254 Hito XVIII 1963
4658 Hjorsey 1955
  Hong Kong 1924 (HKNT24)
4738 Hong Kong 1963
4739 Hong Kong 1963(67)
4611 Hong Kong 1980
4761 HTRS96
4236 Hu Tzu Shan 1950
4238 ID74
4697 IGC 1962 6th Parallel South
4701 IGCB 1955
4670 IGM95
4698 IGN 1962 Kerguelen
  IGN 1963 (Hiva, Oa, Mohotani)
  IGN 1972 (Eiao, Hiva Oa, Mohotani) Marquises
  IGN 1972 Grande-Terre / Ile des Pins
  IGN 1972 Nuku Hiva
4700 IGN Astro 1960
  IGN53 (IGN Raiatea-Tahaa) Raiatea-Bora-Huahine
4641 IGN53 Mare
4633 IGN56 Lifou
4689 IGN63 Hiva Oa
4634 IGN72 Grand Terre
4662 IGN72 Grande Terre
4630 IGN72 Nuku Hiva
  IGN79 (Tahiti) Iles de la Societe
3889 IGRS
4667 IKBD-92
4239 Indian 1954
4131 Indian 1960
4240 Indian 1975
4173 IRENET95
5324 ISN2004
4659 ISN93
4141 Israel
4919 ITRF2000
4910 ITRF88
4911 ITRF89
4912 ITRF90
4913 ITRF91
4914 ITRF92
4915 ITRF93
4916 ITRF94
4917 ITRF96
4918 ITRF97
4709 Iwo Jima 1945
4758 JAD2001
4242 JAD69
4241 Jamaica 1875
4612 JGD2000
4725 Johnston Island 1961
4679 Jouik 1961
4631 K0 1949
4243 Kalianpur 1880
4144 Kalianpur 1937
4145 Kalianpur 1962
4146 Kalianpur 1975
4244 Kandawala
4743 Karbala 1979
4696 Kasai 1953
4695 Katanga 1955
  Kerguelen - K0
4751 Kertau (RSO)
4245 Kertau 1968
4123 KKJ
4246 KOC
4737 Korea 2000
4162 Korean 1985
4166 Korean 1995
4198 Kousseri
4319 KUDAMS
4735 Kusaie 1951
4247 La Canoa
4249 Lake
4677 Lao 1993
4678 Lao 1997
4699 Le Pouce 1934
4250 Leigon
4754 LGD2006
4251 Liberia 1964
  Lifou - Iles Loyaute (IGN56)
4207 Lisbon
4803 Lisbon (Lisbon)
4666 Lisbon 1890
4904 Lisbon 1890 (Lisbon)
4726 Little Cayman 1961
4661 LKS92
4669 LKS94
4126 LKS94 (ETRS89)
4142 Locodjo 1965
4288 Loma Quintana
4252 Lome
4181 Luxembourg 1930
  Luzon (Mindanao)
4253 Luzon 1911
4266 M'poraloko
4185 Madeira 1936
4903 Madrid 1870 (Madrid)
4128 Madzansua
4686 MAGNA-SIRGAS
4256 Mahe 1971
4257 Makassar
4804 Makassar (Jakarta)
4259 Malongo 1987
4260 Manoca
4193 Manoca 1962
4711 Marcus Island 1952
  Mare - Iles Loyaute (IGN53)
5354 MARGEN
4732 Marshall Islands 1960
4625 Martinique 1938
  Martinique Fort-Desaix
4262 Massawa
4692 Maupiti 83
4681 Mauritania 1999
4702 Mauritania 1999
  Mayotte Combani
4261 Merchich
4483 Mexican Datum of 1993
4312 MGI
4805 MGI (Ferro)
3906 MGI 1901
4264 Mhast
4705 Mhast (offshore)
4704 Mhast (onshore)
4703 Mhast 1951
  MHEFO 1955 (Fatu Huku)
  MHPF 1969 (Tubuai) Iles Australes
  MHPF67 (Mangereva, Agakauitai, Aukena, Mekiro) Gambiers (Iles)
  MHPF70 (Kauehi) Tuamotu
4727 Midway 1961
4263 Minna
4023 MOLDREF99
4265 Monte Mario
4806 Monte Mario (Rome)
  Montjong Lowe
4604 Montserrat 1958
  Moorea 1987
4691 Moorea 87
4639 MOP78
  MOP84 (Fangataufa 1984)
  MOP86 (Apataki, Rapa, Hao) Tuamotu
  MOP90 (Tetiaroa) Iles de la Societe
  MOP92 (Anaa) Tuamotu
4157 Mount Dillon
4130 Moznet
4267 NAD27
  NAD27 (NADCON)
  NAD27 Aleutian Islands
  NAD27 Aleutian Islands - East
  NAD27 Aleutian Islands - West
  NAD27 Bahamas
  NAD27 Canada
  NAD27 Canada (NTv2)
  NAD27 Canada - Alberta and British Columbia
  NAD27 Canada - East
  NAD27 Canada - Manitoba / Ontario
  NAD27 Canada - NW Territories and Saskatchewan
  NAD27 Canada - Yukon
  NAD27 Canal Zone
  NAD27 Carribbean
  NAD27 Central America - East
  NAD27 Central America - West
  NAD27 Conus
  NAD27 Cuba
  NAD27 Greenland
  NAD27 Hawaii
  NAD27 Hawaii (NADCON)
  NAD27 Mexico
4268 NAD27 Michigan
  NAD27 Old Hawaiian
  NAD27 Old Hawaiian - Hawaii
  NAD27 Old Hawaiian - Kauai
  NAD27 Old Hawaiian - Maui
  NAD27 Old Hawaiian - Oahu
  NAD27 Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (NADCON)
  NAD27 San Salvador
  NAD27 St. George (NADCON)
  NAD27 St. Lawrence (NADCON)
  NAD27 St. Paul (NADCON)
  NAD27 United States - Eastern
  NAD27 United States - Western
4608 NAD27(76)
4609 NAD27(CGQ77)
4269 NAD83
  NAD83 Alabama (HARN)
  NAD83 Arizona (HARN)
  NAD83 Arkansas (HARN)
  NAD83 California - North (HARN)
  NAD83 California - South (HARN)
  NAD83 Colorado (HARN)
  NAD83 Connecticut (HARN)
  NAD83 Florida (HARN)
  NAD83 Georgia (HARN)
  NAD83 Hawaii (HARN)
  NAD83 Idaho and Montana - East (HARN)
  NAD83 Idaho and Montana - West (HARN)
  NAD83 Illinois (HARN)
  NAD83 Indiana (HARN)
  NAD83 Iowa (HARN)
  NAD83 Kansas (HARN)
  NAD83 Kentucky (HARN)
  NAD83 Louisiana (HARN)
  NAD83 Maine (HARN)
  NAD83 Maryland and Delaware (HARN)
  NAD83 Massachusetts (HARN)
  NAD83 Michigan (HARN)
  NAD83 Minnesota (HARN)
  NAD83 Mississippi (HARN)
  NAD83 Montana (HARN)
  NAD83 Nebreska (HARN)
  NAD83 Nevada (HARN)
  NAD83 New England (HARN)
  NAD83 New Hampshire (HARN)
  NAD83 New Jersey (HARN)
  NAD83 New Mexico (HARN)
  NAD83 New York (HARN)
  NAD83 North Carolina (HARN)
  NAD83 North Dakota (HARN)
  NAD83 Ohio (HARN)
  NAD83 Oklahoma (HARN)
  NAD83 Pennsylvania (HARN)
  NAD83 Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (HARN)
  NAD83 Rhode Island (HARN)
  NAD83 South Carolina (HARN)
  NAD83 South Dakota (HARN)
  NAD83 Tennessee (HARN)
  NAD83 Texas - East (HARN)
  NAD83 Texas - West (HARN)
  NAD83 Utah (HARN)
  NAD83 Vermont (HARN)
  NAD83 Virginia (HARN)
  NAD83 Washington and Oregon (HARN)
  NAD83 West Virginia (HARN)
  NAD83 Wisconsin (HARN)
  NAD83 Wyoming (HARN)
4617 NAD83(CSRS)
4140 NAD83(CSRS98)
4152 NAD83(HARN)
4759 NAD83(NSRS2007)
  Nahrwan (Oman)
  Nahrwan (Saudi Arabia)
  Nahrwan (United Arab Emirates)
4744 Nahrwan 1934
4270 Nahrwan 1967
4693 Nakhl-e Ghanem
4158 Naparima 1955
4271 Naparima 1972
4902 NDG (Paris)
4644 NEA74 Noumea
4555 New Beijing
4318 NGN
4273 NGO 1948
4817 NGO 1948 (Oslo)
4307 Nord Sahara 1959
4819 Nord Sahara 1959 (Paris)
4680 Nouakchott 1965
4276 NSWC 9Z-2
4275 NTF
  NTF (NTv2)
4807 NTF (Paris)
  NTF (Paris) (NTv2)
4167 NZGD2000
4272 NZGD49
  NZGD49 (NTv2)
4129 Observatario
5451 Ocotepeque 1935
4135 Old Hawaiian
4279 OS(SN)80
4277 OSGB 1936
  OSGB 1936 - NTv2
4278 OSGB70
4188 OSNI 1952
  Ouvea - Iles Loyaute (MHNC 1972 - OUVEA)
4280 Padang
4808 Padang (Jakarta)
4281 Palestine 1923
4161 Pampa del Castillo
5467 Panama-Colon 1911
4746 PD/83
4637 Perroud 1950
5373 Peru96
4636 Petrels 1972
4716 Phoenix Islands 1966
4728 Pico de las Nieves 1984
4729 Pitcairn 1967
4763 Pitcairn 2006
5546 PNG94
4620 Point 58
  Pointe Geologie - Perroud 1950
4282 Pointe Noire
4055 Popular Visualisation CRS
4615 Porto Santo 1936
4663 Porto Santo 1995
4172 POSGAR
5340 POSGAR 2007
4694 POSGAR 94
4190 POSGAR 98
4824 Principe
4683 PRS92
4248 PSAD56
4134 PSD93
5013 PTRA08
4139 Puerto Rico
4284 Pulkovo 1942
4179 Pulkovo 1942(58)
4178 Pulkovo 1942(83)
4200 Pulkovo 1995
4740 PZ-90
4286 Qatar 1948
4285 Qatar 1974
4614 QND95
4287 Qornoq
4194 Qornoq 1927
4153 Rassadiran
4745 RD/83
4081 REGCAN95
4189 REGVEN
4626 Reunion 1947
4657 Reykjavik 1900
5489 RGAF09
4171 RGF93
4624 RGFG95
4470 RGM04
4645 RGNC 1991
4749 RGNC91-93
4687 RGPF
4627 RGR92
4046 RGRDC 2005
4463 RGSPM06
4558 RRAF 1991
4640 RRAF 1991
4764 RSRGD2000
4308 RT38
4814 RT38 (Stockholm)
4124 RT90
4156 S-JTSK
4818 S-JTSK (Ferro)
5228 S-JTSK/05
5229 S-JTSK/05 (Ferro)
4618 SAD69
  SAD69 (Argentina)
  SAD69 (Baltra, Galapagos)
  SAD69 (Bolivia)
  SAD69 (Brazil)
  SAD69 (Chile)
  SAD69 (Colombia)
  SAD69 (Ecuador)
  SAD69 (Guyana)
  SAD69 (Paraguay)
  SAD69 (Peru)
  SAD69 (Trinidad and Tobago)
  SAD69 (Venezuela)
5527 SAD69(96)
4638 Saint Pierre et Miquelon 1950
4125 Samboja
4730 Santo 1965
4823 Sao Tome
4292 Sapper Hill 1943
4293 Schwarzeck
4195 Scoresbysund 1952
4613 Segara
4820 Segara (Jakarta)
4294 Segora
4616 Selvagem Grande
4295 Serindung
5464 Sibun Gorge 1922
  Sierra Leone (1960)
4174 Sierra Leone 1924
4175 Sierra Leone 1968
4170 SIRGAS 1995
4674 SIRGAS 2000
5360 SIRGAS-Chile
5381 SIRGAS-ROU98
5233 SLD99 (Sri Lanka Datum 1999)
4765 Slovenia 1996
4718 Solomon 1968 (DOS 1968)
37207 South Asia
  South East Asia
4722 South Georgia 1968
4164 South Yemen
4075 SREF98
4138 St. George Island
4710 St. Helena 1971
4605 St. Kitts 1955
4136 St. Lawrence Island
4606 St. Lucia 1955
4137 St. Paul Island
4607 St. Vincent 1945
4643 ST71 Belep
4642 ST84 Ile des Pins
4635 ST87 Ouvea
4750 ST87 Ouvea
4296 Sudan
4757 SVY21
4619 SWEREF99
4629 Tahaa 54
4628 Tahiti 52
4690 Tahiti 79
4297 Tananarive
4810 Tananarive (Paris)
4303 TC(1948)
4707 Tern Island 1961
4127 Tete
4298 Timbalai 1948
4299 TM65
4300 TM75
5132 Tokyo 1892
  Tokyo 1898
4301 Tokyo 1918
4302 Trinidad 1903
4734 Tristan 1968
5252 TUREF
3821 TWD67
3824 TWD97
5591 Ukraine 2000
4001 Unknown datum based upon the Airy 1830 ellipsoid
4002 Unknown datum based upon the Airy Modified 1849 ellipsoid
4003 Unknown datum based upon the Australian National Spheroid
4035 Unknown datum based upon the Authalic Sphere
4041 Unknown datum based upon the Average Terrestrial System 1977 ellipsoid
4004 Unknown datum based upon the Bessel 1841 ellipsoid
4005 Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Modified ellipsoid
4006 Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Namibia ellipsoid
4007 Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1858 ellipsoid
4008 Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1866 ellipsoid
4009 Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1866 Michigan ellipsoid
4013 Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 (Arc) ellipsoid
4010 Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 (Benoit) ellipsoid
4011 Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 (IGN) ellipsoid
4012 Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 (RGS) ellipsoid
4014 Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 (SGA 1922) ellipsoid
4034 Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 ellipsoid
4042 Unknown datum based upon the Everest (1830 Definition) ellipsoid
4015 Unknown datum based upon the Everest 1830 (1937 Adjustment) ellipsoid
4044 Unknown datum based upon the Everest 1830 (1962 Definition) ellipsoid
4016 Unknown datum based upon the Everest 1830 (1967 Definition) ellipsoid
4045 Unknown datum based upon the Everest 1830 (1975 Definition) ellipsoid
4018 Unknown datum based upon the Everest 1830 Modified ellipsoid
4031 Unknown datum based upon the GEM 10C ellipsoid
4036 Unknown datum based upon the GRS 1967 ellipsoid
4019 Unknown datum based upon the GRS 1980 ellipsoid
4020 Unknown datum based upon the Helmert 1906 ellipsoid
4021 Unknown datum based upon the Indonesian National Spheroid
4022 Unknown datum based upon the International 1924 ellipsoid
4024 Unknown datum based upon the Krassowsky 1940 ellipsoid
4025 Unknown datum based upon the NWL 9D ellipsoid
4032 Unknown datum based upon the OSU86F ellipsoid
4033 Unknown datum based upon the OSU91A ellipsoid
4027 Unknown datum based upon the Plessis 1817 ellipsoid
4028 Unknown datum based upon the Struve 1860 ellipsoid
4029 Unknown datum based upon the War Office ellipsoid
4043 Unknown datum based upon the WGS 72 ellipsoid
4030 Unknown datum based upon the WGS 84 ellipsoid
4052 Unspecified datum based upon the Clarke 1866 Authalic Sphere
4047 Unspecified datum based upon the GRS 1980 Authalic Sphere
4054 Unspecified datum based upon the Hughes 1980 ellipsoid
4053 Unspecified datum based upon the International 1924 Authalic Sphere
4748 Vanua Levu 1915
4676 Vientiane 1982
4752 Viti Levu 1912
4731 Viti Levu 1916
4756 VN-2000
4304 Voirol 1875
4811 Voirol 1875 (Paris)
4671 Voirol 1879
4821 Voirol 1879 (Paris)
4733 Wake Island 1952
4760 WGS 66
4322 WGS 72
4324 WGS 72BE
4326 WGS 84
4610 Xian 1980
4309 Yacare
4163 Yemen NGN96
4310 Yoff
4311 Zanderij



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Eye4Software Coordinate Calculator

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