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B Map Datums
B.1 Predefined Datums
re
et
GPS Basics, Introduction to the system [2]
for
a
detailed
introduction
to
coordinate
conversion.
Please
fer
to
the
bookl
systems,
datums
and
datum
Index Name
Acronym
Ellipsoid index
(see Table 76)
Rotation and scale
index (see Table 77)
dX [m]
dY [m]
dZ [m]
0
World
Geodetic
System
-
84
WGS84
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
World
Geodetic
System
-
72
WGS72
23
1
0.0
0.0
4.5
2
Earth-90
-
GLONASS
Coordinate
system
ETH90
8
0
0.0
0.0
4.0
3
Adindan
-
Mean
Solution
(Ethiopia
&
Sudan)
ADI-M
7
0
-166.0
-15.0
204.0
4
Adindan
-
Burkina
Faso
ADI-E
7
0
-118.0
-14.0
218.0
5
Adindan
-
Cameroon
ADI-F
7
0
-134.0
-2.0
210.0
6
Adindan
-
Ethiopia
ADI-A
7
0
-165.0
-11.0
206.0
7
Adindan
-
Mali
ADI-C
7
0
-123.0
-20.0
220.0
8
Adindan
-
Senegal
ADI-D
7
0
-128.0
-18.0
224.0
9
Adindan
-
Sudan
ADI-B
7
0
-161.0
-14.0
205.0
10
Afgooye
-
Somalia
AFG
21
0
-43.0
-163.0
45.0
11
ARC
1950
-
Mean
(Botswana,
Lesotho,
Malawi,
Swaziland,
Zaire,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe)
ARF-M
7
0
-143.0
-90.0
-294.0
12
ARC
1950
-
Botswana
ARF-A
7
0
-138.0
-105.0
-289.0
13
ARC
1950
-
Burundi
ARF-H
7
0
-153.0
-5.0
-292.0
14
ARC
1950
-
Lesotho
ARF-B
7
0
-125.0
-108.0
-295.0
15
ARC
1950
-
Malawi
ARF-C
7
0
-161.0
-73.0
-317.0
16
ARC
1950
-
Swaziland
ARF-D
7
0
-134.0
-105.0
-295.0
17
ARC
1950
-
Zaire
ARF-E
7
0
-169.0
-19.0
-278.0
18
ARC
1950
-
Zambia
ARF-F
7
0
-147.0
-74.0
-283.0
19
ARC
1950
-
Zimbabwe
ARF-G
7
0
-142.0
-96.0
-293.0
20
ARC
1960
-
Mean
(Kenya,
Tanzania)
ARS
7
0
-160.0
-6.0
-302.0
21
Ayabelle
Lighthouse
-
Djibouti
PHA
7
0
-79.0
-129.0
145.0
22
Bissau
-
Guinea-Bissau
BID
20
0
-173.0
253.0
27.0
23
Cape
-
South
Africa
CAP
7
0
-136.0
-108.0
-292.0
24
Carthage
-
Tunisia
CGE
7
0
-263.0
6.0
431.0
25
Dabola
-
Guinea
DAL
7
0
-83.0
37.0
124.0
26
Leigon
-
Ghana
LEH
7
0
-130.0
29.0
364.0
27
Liberia
1964
LIB
7
0
-90.0
40.0
88.0
28
Massawa
-
Eritrea
(Ethiopia)
MAS
5
0
639.0
405.0
60.0
29
Merchich
-
Morocco
MER
7
0
31.0
146.0
47.0
30
Minna
-
Cameroon
MIN-A
7
0
-81.0
-84.0
115.0
31
Minna
-
Nigeria
MIN-B
7
0
-92.0
-93.0
122.0
32
M'Poraloko
-
Gabon
MPO
7
0
-74.0
-130.0
42.0
GPS
Modules
-
System
Integration
Manual
(SIM)
(incl.
Reference
Design)
Map
Datums
GPS.G4-MS4-05007-A1
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