Projection Dialogs

There are two main projection dialogs used in SMS, GMS, and WMS: The Display Projection dialog, and the Object Projection dialog. From each of these, the Select Projection dialog can be accessed. More detailed information about each projection and the information in these dialogs can be found in the Projections article.

Display Projection Dialog

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Example of the Display Projection dialog.

The Display Projection dialog contains settings which are applied to the project as a whole.

Horizontal section

The Horizontal section of the dialog has two options available via radio buttons:

• No projection – This option doesn't set a projection, and only allows adjusting the horizontal Units used in the project. The available units include:

• "U. S. Survey Feet". Equal to ¹²⁰⁰⁄₃₉₃₇ meters, approximately 0.3048006096 meters.
• "International Feet". Equal to 0.3048 meters.
• "Meters". Equal to the distance traveled by light in vacuum within ¹⁄_299792458 of a second.
• "Inches". Equal to ¹⁄_39.37 of a meter.
• "Centimeters". Equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a meter.

• Global projection – Clicking on the Set Projection button allows more specific projections to be set. These are listed below in the Select Projection Dialog section.

Vertical section

The Vertical section has two drop-down boxes:

• Projection, giving the following options:
• "Local"

• "NGVD 29 (US)"
• "NAVD 88 (US)"

Units, giving the following options:

• "U. S. Survey Feet"
• "International Feet"
• "Meters"
• "Inches"
• "Centimeters"

Object Projection Dialog

The Object Projection dialog is the same as the Display Projection dialog, but only applies to one specific object (e.g., a coverage or a mesh). It can be accessed by selecting the object in the Project Explorer, then right-clicking on it and selecting Projection... from the menu.

Select Projection Dialog

The Select Projection dialog.

The Select Projection dialog is accessed through the Set Projection... button in either the Display Projection dialog or the Object Projection dialog. It allows setting global projections for the project or for a specific object. It contains a single Projection tab with several options and sections.

All lists of drop-down selections are given in the order in which they appear in the drop-down.

Projection and Zone

There are many options available from the Projection drop-down:

List of Projections
The Projection drop-down contains the following options. If there is Zone information for a particular projection, the zones will be listed directly beneath the projection as an indented list.
"3TM (Alberta)" 111W (112.5W - 109.5W) 114W (115.5W - 112.5W) 117W (118.5W - 115.5W) 120W (121.5W - 118.5W) "10TM (Alberta)" Resource (False Easting 0) Resource (False Easting 500,000) "Aitoff-Wagner" "Alaska Conformal" "Albers Conic" "Austrian Grid" Zone M28 (Western Austria) - Bundesmeldenetz Zone M31 (Central Austria) - Bundesmeldenetz Zone M34 (Eastern Austria) - Bundesmeldenetz Zone M28 (Western Austria) - Gebrauchskoordinaten Zone M31 (Central Austria) - Gebrauchskoordinaten Zone M34 (Eastern Austria) - Gebrauchskoordinaten "Azimuthal Equidistant" "Belge 1972 (Belgium Lambert 1972)" "Bipolar Oblique Conic West" "Bonne" "British Grid" "Cassini Malaysia" Johor State Kedah & Perlis States Kelantan State N Sembilan & Melaka States Pehang State Perak State Palau Pinang State Selangor State Singapore Terengganu State "Cassini-Soldner" "Croatia (TM)" "Double Stereographic" "Dutch Grid (RD)" "Eckert IV" "Equidistant Conic A" "Equidistant Conic B" "Equirectangular" "Gall Stereographic" "Gauss Boaga (Italia)" Fuso Ovest (6E - 12E) Fuso Est (12E - 18E) "Gauss Krueger (6 degree zones)" Zone 1 (0E - 6E) Zone 2 (6E - 12E) Zone 3 (12E - 18E) Zone 4 (18E - 24E) Zone 5 (24E - 30E) Zone 6 (30E - 36E) Zone 7 (36E - 42E) Zone 8 (42E - 48E) Zone 9 (48E - 54E) Zone 10 (54E - 60E) Zone 11 (60E - 66E) Zone 12 (66E - 72E) Zone 13 (72E - 78E) Zone 14 (78E - 84E) Zone 15 (84E - 90E) Zone 16 (90E - 96E) Zone 17 (96E - 102E) Zone 18 (102E - 108E) Zone 19 (108E - 114E) Zone 20 (114E - 120E) Zone 21 (120E - 126E) Zone 22 (126E - 132E) Zone 23 (132E - 138E) Zone 24 (138E - 144E) Zone 25 (144E - 150E) Zone 26 (150E - 156E) Zone 27 (156E - 162E) Zone 28 (162E - 168E) Zone 29 (168E - 174E) Zone 30 (174E - 180E) Zone 31 (180W - 174W) Zone 32 (174W - 168W) Zone 33 (168W - 162W) Zone 34 (162W - 156W) Zone 35 (156W - 150W) Zone 36 (150W - 144W) Zone 37 (144W - 138W) Zone 38 (138W - 132W) Zone 39 (132W - 126W) Zone 40 (126W - 120W) Zone 41 (120W - 114W) Zone 42 (114W - 108W) Zone 43 (108W - 102W) Zone 44 (102W - 96W) Zone 45 (96W - 90W) Zone 46 (90W - 84W) Zone 47 (84W - 78W) Zone 48 (78W - 72W) Zone 49 (72W - 66W) Zone 50 (66W - 60W) Zone 51 (60W - 54W) Zone 52 (54W - 48W) Zone 53 (48W - 42W) Zone 54 (42W - 36W) Zone 55 (36W - 30W) Zone 56 (30W - 24W) Zone 57 (24W - 18W) Zone 58 (18W - 12W) Zone 59 (12W - 6W) Zone 60 (6W - 0E) "Gauss Krueger (Argentina)" Zone 1 (73.5W - 70.5W) Zone 2 (70.5W - 67.5W) Zone 3 (67.5W - 64.5W) Zone 4 (64.5W - 61.5W) Zone 5 (61.5W - 58.5W) Zone 6 (58.5W - 55.5W) Zone 7 (55.5W - 52.5W) "Gauss Krueger (Croatia) - HDKS" Zone 5 (13.5E - 16.5E) Zone 6 (16.5E - 19.5E) Zone 7 (19.5E - 22.5E) "Gauss Krueger (3 degree zones)" Zone 1 (1.5E - 4.5E) Zone 2 (4.5E - 7.5E) Zone 3 (7.5E - 10.5E) Zone 4 (10.5E - 13.5E) Zone 5 (13.5E - 16.5E) Zone 6 (16.5E - 19.5E) Zone 7 (19.5E - 22.5E) Zone 8 (22.5E - 25.5E) Zone 9 (25.5E - 28.5E) Zone 10 (28.5E - 31.5E) Zone 11 (31.5E - 34.5E) Zone 12 (34.5E - 37.5E) Zone 13 (37.5E - 40.5E) Zone 14 (40.5E - 43.5E) Zone 15 (43.5E - 46.5E) Zone 16 (46.5E - 49.5E) Zone 17 (49.5E - 52.5E) Zone 18 (52.5E - 55.5E) Zone 19 (55.5E - 58.5E) Zone 20 (58.5E - 61.5E) Zone 21 (61.5E - 64.5E) Zone 22 (64.5E - 67.5E) Zone 23 (67.5E - 70.5E) Zone 24 (70.5E - 73.5E) Zone 25 (73.5E - 76.5E) Zone 26 (76.5E - 79.5E) Zone 27 (79.5E - 82.5E) Zone 28 (82.5E - 85.5E) Zone 29 (85.5E - 88.5E) Zone 30 (88.5E - 91.5E) Zone 31 (91.5E - 94.5E) Zone 32 (94.5E - 97.5E) Zone 33 (97.5E - 100.5E) Zone 34 (100.5E - 103.5E) Zone 35 (103.5E - 106.5E) Zone 36 (106.5E - 109.5E) Zone 37 (109.5E - 112.5E) Zone 38 (112.5E - 115.5E) Zone 39 (115.5E - 118.5E) Zone 40 (118.5E - 121.5E) Zone 41 (121.5E - 124.5E) Zone 42 (124.5E - 127.5E) Zone 43 (127.5E - 130.5E) Zone 44 (130.5E - 133.5E) Zone 45 (133.5E - 136.5E) Zone 46 (136.5E - 139.5E) Zone 47 (139.5E - 142.5E) Zone 48 (142.5E - 145.5E) Zone 49 (145.5E - 148.5E) Zone 50 (148.5E - 151.5E) Zone 51 (151.5E - 154.5E) Zone 52 (154.5E - 157.5E) Zone 53 (157.5E - 160.5E) Zone 54 (160.5E - 163.5E) Zone 55 (163.5E - 166.5E) Zone 56 (166.5E - 169.5E) Zone 57 (169.5E - 172.5E) Zone 58 (172.5E - 175.5E) Zone 59 (175.5E - 178.5E) Zone 60 (178.5E - 181.5E) "Gauss Krueger Slovenia" "Geographic (Latitude/Longitude)" "Gnomonic" "Greek Grid" "Hammer-Aitoff" "Hotine Oblique Mercator A" "Hotine Oblique Mercator B" "Hotine Oblique Azimuth Nat. Orig." "Interrupted Goode Homolosine" "Hungarian National Grid (EOV)" "India Zoned Grid" India 0 India I India IIa India IIb India IIIa India IIIb India IVa India IVb "Irish Grid" "Israel Grid (New)" "Israel Grid (Old)" "Japanese Projection System" Japanese Plane I Japanese Plane II Japanese Plane III Japanese Plane IV Japanese Plane V Japanese Plane VI Japanese Plane VII Japanese Plane VIII Japanese Plane IX Japanese Plane X Japanese Plane XI Japanese Plane XII Japanese Plane XIII Japanese Plane XIV Japanese Plane XV Japanese Plane XVI Japanese Plane XVII Japanese Plane XVIII Japanese Plane XIX "Korea TM" Korea West Belt (124.0E - 126.0E) Korea Central Belt (126.0E - 128.0E) Korea East Belt (128.0E - 130.0E) Korea East Sea Belt (130.0E - 132.0E) "Krovak" "Laborde (Madagascar)" "Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area" "Lambert Conformal Conic" "Lambert Cylindrical Equal-Area" "Lambert (Marta Software)" "Lambert (NOAA Port)" "Lambert I Carto (Northern France)" "Lambert I Nord (Northern France)" "Lambert II Centre (Central France)" "Lambert II Carto Étendu (Wide)" "Lambert III Carto (Southern France)" "Lambert III Sud (Southern France)" "Lambert IV Carto (Corsica)" "Lambert IV Corse (Corsica)" "Lambert-93" Base Lambert93 CC-42 CC-43 CC-44 CC-45 CC-46 CC-47 CC-48 CC-49 CC-50 "Marta Software Satellite" "Mercator" "Mercator (Lowrance Special)" "Mercator (Navionics Special)" "MGA (Map Grid of Australia)" MGA Zone 48 (102.0E - 108.0E) MGA Zone 49 (108.0E - 114.0E) MGA Zone 50 (114.0E - 120.0E) MGA Zone 51 (120.0E - 126.0E) MGA Zone 52 (126.0E - 132.0E) MGA Zone 53 (132.0E - 138.0E) MGA Zone 54 (138.0E - 144.0E) MGA Zone 55 (144.0E - 150.0E) MGA Zone 56 (150.0E - 156.0E) MGA Zone 57 (156.0E - 162.0E) MGA Zone 58 (162.0E - 168.0E) "Michigan Georef" "Miller Cylindrical" "Miller Oblated Stereographic" "Minnesota County" Aitkin Anoka Becker Beltrami North Beltrami South Benton Big Stone Blue Earth Brown Carlton Carver Cass North Cass South Chipewa Chisago Clay Clearwater Cook North Copok South Cottonwood Crow Wing Dakota Dodge Douglas Faribault Fillmore Freeborn Goodhue Grant Hennepin Houston Hubbard Isanti Itasca North Itasca South Jackson Kanabec Kandiyohi Kittson Koochiching Lac Qui Parle Lake Lake of the Woods North Lake of the Woods South Le Sueur Lincoln Lyon Mahnomen Marshall Martin McLeod Meeker Mille Lacs Morrison Mower Murray Nicollet Nobles Norman Olmsted Ottertail Pennington Pine Pipestone Polk Pope Ramsey Redlake Redwood Renville Rice Rock Roseau St Louis North St Louis Central St Louis South Scott Sherburne Sibley Stearns Steele Stevens Swift Todd Traverse Wabasha Wadena Waseca Washington Watonwan Wilkin Winona Wright Yellow Medicine "Mollweide" "MSTM (Mississippi Transverse Mercator)" "MTM (Eastern Canada)" Zone 1 (54.5W - 51.5W) Zone 2 (57.5W - 54.5W) Zone 3 (60.0W - 57.5W) Zone 4 (63.0W - 60.0W) Zone 5 (66.0W - 63.0W) Zone 6 (69.0W - 66.0W) Zone 7 (72.0W - 69.0W) Zone 8 (75.0W - 72.0W) Zone 9 (78.0W - 75.0W) Zone 10 (81.0W - 78.0W) Zone 11 (84.0W - 81.0W) Zone 12 (82.5W - 79.5W) Zone 13 (85.5W - 82.5W) Zone 14 (88.5W - 85.5W) Zone 15 (91.5W - 88.5W) Zone 16 (94.5W - 91.5W) Zone 17 (97.5W - 94.5W) "Natural Earth" "New Brunswick Double Stereographic" "Norwegian Transverse Mercator (NTM)" Zone 5 (5E - 6E) Zone 6 (6E - 7E) Zone 7 (7E - 8E) Zone 8 (8E - 9E) Zone 9 (9E - 10E) Zone 10 (10E - 11E) Zone 11 (11E - 12E) Zone 12 (12E - 13E) Zone 13 (13E - 14E) Zone 14 (14E - 15E) Zone 15 (15E - 16E) Zone 16 (16E - 17E) Zone 17 (17E - 18E) Zone 18 (18E - 19E) Zone 19 (19E - 20E) Zone 20 (20E - 21E) Zone 21 (21E - 22E) Zone 22 (22E - 23E) Zone 23 (23E - 24E) Zone 24 (24E - 25E) Zone 25 (25E - 26E) Zone 26 (26E - 27E) Zone 27 (27E - 28E) Zone 28 (28E - 29E) Zone 29 (29E - 30E) Zone 30 (30E - 31E) "New Zealand Map Grid" "New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000" "Oblique Stereographic" "Orthographic" "Philippines Grid" Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 "Plate Carree (Geographic)" "Poland 1992/19" "Poland 2000" Zone 5 (13.5E - 16.5E) Zone 6 (16.5E - 19.5E) Zone 7 (19.5E - 22.5E) Zone 8 (22.5E - 25.5E) "Polar Stereographic" "Polyconic" "Robinson" "Rectified Skew Orthomorphic (RSO)" "RSO East Malaysia (Borneo)" "RSO West Malaysia (Peninsular)" "Sinusoidal" "Sinusoidal (Integerized)" "State Plane Coordinate System" Alabama East (FIPS 101) Alabama West(FIPS 102) Alaska Zone 1 (FIPS 5001) Alaska Zone 2 (FIPS 5002) Alaska Zone 3 (FIPS 5003) Alaska Zone 4 (FIPS 5004) Alaska Zone 5 (FIPS 5005) Alaska Zone 6 (FIPS 5006) Alaska Zone 7 (FIPS 5007) Alaska Zone 8 (FIPS 5008) Alaska Zone 9 (FIPS 5009) Alaska Zone 10 (FIPS 5010) Arizona East (FIPS 201) Arizona Central (FIPS 202) Arizona West (FIPS 203) Arkansas North (FIPS 301) Arkansas South (FIPS 302) California Zone 1 (FIPS 401) California Zone 2 (FIPS 402) California Zone 3 (FIPS 403) California Zone 4 (FIPS 404) California Zone 5 (FIPS 405) California Zone 6 (FIPS 406) Colorado North (FIPS 501) Colorado Central (FIPS 502) Colorado South (FIPS 503) Connecticut (FIPS 600) Delaware (FIPS 700) District of Columbia/Maryland (FIPS 1900) Florida East (FIPS 901) Florida West (FIPS 902) Florida North (FIPS 903) Georgia East (FIPS 1001) Georgia West (FIPS 1002) Hawaii Zone 1 (FIPS 5101) Hawaii Zone 2 (FIPS 5102) Hawaii Zone 3 (FIPS 5103) Hawaii Zone 4 (FIPS 5104) Hawaii Zone 5 (FIPS 5105) Idaho East (FIPS 1101) Idaho Central (FIPS 1102) Idaho West (FIPS 1103) Illinois East (FIPS 1201) Illinois West (FIPS 1202) Indiana East (FIPS 1301) Indiana West (FIPS 1302) Iowa North (FIPS 1401) Iowa South(FIPS 1402) Kansas North (FIPS 1501) Kansas South (FIPS 1502) Kentucky (FIPS 1600) Kentucky North (FIPS 1601) Kentucky South (FIPS 1602) Louisiana North (FIPS 1701) Louisiana South (FIPS 1702) Louisiana Offshore (FIPS 1703) Maine East (FIPS 1801) Maine West (FIPS 1802) Maine CS2000 East (FIPS 1803) Maine CS2000 Central (FIPS 1804) Maine CS2000 West (FIPS 1805) Maryland/District of Columbia (FIPS 1900) Massachusetts Mainland (FIPS 2001) Massachusetts Island (FIPS 2002) Michigan North (FIPS 2111) Michigan Central (FIPS 2112) Michigan South (FIPS 2113) Minnesota North (FIPS 2201) Minnesota Central (FIPS 2202) Minnesota South (FIPS 2203) Mississippi East (FIPS 2301) Mississippi West (FIPS 2302) Missouri East (FIPS 2401) Missouri Central (FIPS 2402) Missouri West (FIPS 2403) Montana (FIPS 2500) Nebraska (FIPS 2600) Nevada East (FIPS (2701) Nevada Central (FIPS (2702) Nevada West (FIPS (2703) New Hampshire (FIPS 2800) New Jersey (FIPS 2900) New Mexico East (FIPS 3001) New Mexico Central (FIPS 3002) New Mexico West (FIPS 3003) New York East (FIPS 3101) New York Central (FIPS 3102) New York West (FIPS 3103) New York - Long Island (FIPS 3104) North Carolina (FIPS 3200) North Dakota North (FIPS 3301) North Dakota South(FIPS 3302) Ohio North (FIPS 3401) Ohio South (FIPS 3402) Oklahoma North (FIPS 3501) Oklahoma South (FIPS 3502) Oregon North (FIPS 3601) Oregon South (FIPS 3602) Pennsylvania North (FIPS 3701) Pennsylvania South (FIPS 3702) Rhode Island (FIPS 3800) South Carolina (FIPS 3900) South Dakota North (FIPS 4001) South Dakota South (FIPS 4002) Tennessee (FIPS 4100) Texas North (FIPS 4201) Texas North Central (FIPS 4202) Texas Central (FIPS 4203) Texas South Central (FIPS 4204) Texas South (FIPS 4205) Utah North (FIPS 4301) Utah Central (FIPS 4302) Utah South (FIPS 4303) Vermont (FIPS 4400) Virginia North (FIPS 4501) Virginia South (FIPS 4502) Washington North (FIPS 4601) Washington South (FIPS 4602) West Virginia North (FIPS 4701) West Virginia South (FIPS 4702) Wisconsin North (FIPS 4801) Wisconsin Central (FIPS 4802) Wisconsin South (FIPS 4803) Wyoming East (FIPS 4901) Wyoming East Central (FIPS 4902) Wyoming West Central (FIPS 4903) Wyoming West (FIPS 4904) Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands (FIPS 5200) "Stereo70" "Stereographic" "Swedish Grid (RT90)" "Swedish Grid (SWEREF99)" SWEREF 99 TM SWEREF 99 12 00 SWEREF 99 13 30 SWEREF 99 15 SWEREF 99 16 30 SWEREF 99 18 SWEREF 99 14 15 SWEREF 99 15 45 SWEREF 99 17 15 SWEREF 99 18 45 SWEREF 99 20 15 SWEREF 99 21 45 SWEREF 99 23 15 "Swiss Grid" "Swiss Grid (LV95)" "System 1965 (Uklad 1965) [Poland] Zone (Strefa) 1 Zone (Strefa) 2 Zone (Strefa) 3 Zone (Strefa) 4 Zone (Strefa) 5 "Times" "Transverse Mercator" "Transverse Mercator (South-Oriented)" "Trinidad Grid" "Two Point Equidistant" "UPS North (Univ. Polar Stereographic)" "UPS South (Univ. Polar Stereographic)" "UTM" -60 (174˚E - 180˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -59 (168˚E - 174˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -58 (162˚E - 168˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -57 (156˚E - 162˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -56 (150˚E - 156˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -55 (144˚E - 150˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -54 (138˚E - 144˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -53 (132˚E - 138˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -52 (126˚E - 132˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -51 (120˚E - 126˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -50 (114˚E - 120˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -49 (108˚E - 114˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -48 (102˚E - 108˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -47 (96˚E - 102˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -46 (90˚E - 96˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -45 (84˚E - 90˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -44 (78˚E - 84˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -43 (72˚E - 78˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -42 (66˚E - 72˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -41 (60˚E - 66˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -40 (54˚E - 60˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -39 (48˚E - 54˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -38 (42˚E - 48˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -37 (36˚E - 42˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -36 (30˚E - 36˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -35 (24˚E - 30˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -34 (18˚E - 24˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -33 (12˚E - 18˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -32 (6˚E - 12˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -31 (0˚E - 6˚E - Southern Hemisphere) -30 (6˚W - 0˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -29 (12˚W - 6˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -28 (18˚W - 12˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -27 (24˚W - 18˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -26 (30˚W - 24˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -25 (36˚W - 30˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -24 (42˚W - 36˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -23 (48˚W - 42˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -22 (54˚W - 48˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -21 (60˚W - 54˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -20 (66˚W - 60˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -19 (72˚W - 66˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -18 (78˚W - 72˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -17 (84˚W - 78˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -16 (90˚W - 84˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -15 (96˚W - 90˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -14 (102˚W - 96˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -13 (108˚W - 102˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -12 (114˚W - 108˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -11 (120˚W - 114˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -10 (126˚W - 120˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -9 (132˚W - 126˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -8 (138˚W - 132˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -7 (144˚W - 138˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -6 (150˚W - 144˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -5 (156˚W - 150˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -4 (162˚W - 156˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -3 (168˚W - 162˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -2 (174˚W - 168˚W - Southern Hemisphere) -1 (180˚W - 174˚W - Southern Hemisphere) 1 (180˚W - 174˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 2 (174˚W - 168˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 3 (168˚W - 162˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 4 (162˚W - 156˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 5 (156˚W - 150˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 6 (150˚W - 144˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 7 (144˚W - 138˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 8 (138˚W - 132˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 9 (132˚W - 126˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 10 (126˚W - 120˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 11 (120˚W - 114˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 12 (114˚W - 108˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 13 (108˚W - 102˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 14 (102˚W - 96˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 15 (96˚W - 90˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 16 (90˚W - 84˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 17 (84˚W - 78˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 18 (78˚W - 72˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 19 (72˚W - 66˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 20 (66˚W - 60˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 21 (60˚W - 54˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 22 (54˚W - 48˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 23 (48˚W - 42˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 24 (42˚W - 36˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 25 (36˚W - 30˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 26 (30˚W - 24˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 27 (24˚W - 18˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 28 (18˚W - 12˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 29 (12˚W - 6˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 30 (6˚W - 0˚W - Northern Hemisphere) 31 (0˚E - 6˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 32 (6˚E - 12˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 33 (12˚E - 18˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 34 (18˚E - 24˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 35 (24˚E - 30˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 36 (30˚E - 36˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 37 (36˚E - 42˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 38 (42˚E - 48˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 39 (48˚E - 54˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 40 (54˚E - 60˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 41 (60˚E - 66˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 42 (66˚E - 72˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 43 (72˚E - 78˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 44 (78˚E - 84˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 45 (84˚E - 90˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 46 (90˚E - 96˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 47 (96˚E - 102˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 48 (102˚E - 108˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 49 (108˚E - 114˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 50 (114˚E - 120˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 51 (120˚E - 126˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 52 (126˚E - 132˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 53 (132˚E - 138˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 54 (138˚E - 144˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 55 (144˚E - 150˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 56 (150˚E - 156˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 57 (156˚E - 162˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 58 (162˚E - 168˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 59 (168˚E - 174˚E - Northern Hemisphere) 60 (174˚E - 180˚E - Northern Hemisphere) "Van der Grinten" "Vertical Near-Side Perspective" "Wagner VII (Hammer-Wagner)" "Winkel I" "Winkel Tripel" "Wisconsin County Reference System (WISCRS)" Adams County Ashland County Barron County Baylfield County Brown County Buffalo County Burnett County Calumet County Chipewa County Clark County Columbia County Crawford County Dodge County Door County Douglas County Dunn County Eau Claire County Florence County Fon du Lac Forrest County Grant County Green County Green Lake County Iowa County Iron County Jackson County Jefferson County Juneau County Kenosha County Kewanee County La Crosse County Lafayette County Langlade County Lincoln County Manitowoc County Marathon County Marinette County Marquette County Menominee County Milwaukee County Monroe County Oconto County Oneida County Outagamie County Ozaukee County Peppin County Pierce County Polk County Portage County Price County Racine County Richland County Rock County Rusk County Sauk County Sawyer County Shawano County Sheboygan County St Croix County Taylor County Trempealeau County Vernon County Vilas County Walworth County Washburn County Washington County Waukesha County Waupeca County Waushara County Winnebago County Wood County "WTM83/91 (Wisc. Transverse Mercator)"

To the right of the Projection drop-down are three buttons:

• Load From File...: Allows a projection to be loaded from an external file. The accepted file formats are PRJ and SPR (PRJ is preferable).
• Save to File...: Allows the projection information set in this dialog to be saved as a PRJ file.
• Init from EPSG...: Opens a dialog where an EPSG Projection Code can be entered.

Datum

Datums in italics are placeholders for the collapsed list directly below that entry.

List of Datums

Adindan Ain el Abd (Bahrain) Ain el Abd (Saudi Arabia) American Samoa 1962 - NADCON Aratu (Brazil) ARC1950 ARC1960 Astro B4 (Sorol Atoll) Astro Beacon Astro DOS 71/4 Astronomic Station 1952 ATS77 (Nova Scotia) - NTv2 Grid Australian Geodetic 1966 - NTv2 Grid Australian Geodetic 1984 - NTv2 Grid BD72 (Belgium 1972) Beijing 1954 Bessel 1841 (Italia) [Castanea d. F] Bessel 1841 (Italia) [Genova] Bessel 1841 (Italia) [Monte Mario] Bessel 1841 [Greenwich] Bogota Observatory Bukit Rimpah Camacupa Camp Area Astro Campo Inchauspe (Argentina) Cape Carthage Chad (WG1998) Clarke 1866 Authalic Sphere Combani 1950 (Mayotte) Corrego Alegre (Brazil) Croatia HDKS Grid CSJ 67 (Gayane Francaise) D-48 Slovenia Dealul Piscului 1933 (Romania) Dealul Piscului 1970 Deir Ez Zor (Syria) Dutch (RD) Easter Island 1967 ED50 ED50 Datums ED50 (England) ED50 (Finland/Norway) ED50 (Greece) ED50 (Italia) ED50 (Malta) ED50 (North Sea) ED50 (Norway Offshore - N62) ED50 (Norway Offshore - S62) ED50 (Sicilia) ED50 (Spain/Portugal) - NTv2 Grid ED50 (Turkey) ED79 ED87 Egypt 1907 Egypt Gulf of Suez S-650 TL Estionia 1997 ETRF2000 - RDN ETRS89 FD 1958 (Iraq) Finland/Hayford Fort Marigot (St Maarten) GDA 94 (Australian Geodetic 1994) GDM2000 (Malaysia) GGRS87 (Greece) Google Maps (Sphere Radius 6378137) GRS80 Ellipsoid Guadeloupe 1948 Guam 1963 Hartebeesthoek 1994 (S. Africa) Herat North (Afghanistan) Hermannskogel HJorsey 1955 Hong Kong 1963 Hong Kong 1980 Hu Tzu Shan Hungarian Datum 1972 IGN72 Grande Terre (New Caledonia) Indian (see below): Indian Datums Indian (Bangladesh) Indian (Mean Value) Indian (Nepal) Indian (Thailand) Indian 1954 Indian 1960 Indian 1975 Indonesia 1974 Ireland 1965 Ireland 1965 (1975 Adjustment) Irenet95 ISN93 (Iceland) ISTS 073 Astro JAD2001 (Jamaica 2001) JAD69 (Jamaica 1969) JGD2000 (Japan) Jordan Kertau 1948 Kertau 1948 (Malaysia) KKJ (Finnish Grid) Korean 1985 Korean 1995 Korean Geodetic Datum (KGD) Krasovsky 1940 La Canoa (Venezuela) Le Pouce 1934 (Mauritius) Leigon (Ghana) Lisbon/Lisboa 1937 (DLx) LKS92 (Latvia) Lowrance Luref (Luxembourg) Luzon (Philippines)

M'Poraloko (Gabon) Malongo 1987 Martinique 1938 Merchich (Morocco) MGI Austria MGI Croatia/Serbia MGI Slovenia Minna (Cameroon) Minna (Nigeria) MN County (see below): MN County Datums MN County (Anoka) MN County (Becker) MN County (Beltrami North) MN County (Beltrami South) MN County (Benton) MN County (Big Stone) MN County (Blue Earth) MN County (Brown) MN County (Carlton) MN County (Carver) MN County (Cass North) MN County (Cass South) MN County (Chippewa) MN County (Chisago) MN County (Cook North) MN County (Cook South) MN County (Cottonwood) MN County (Crow Wing) MN County (Dakota) MN County (Dodge) MN County (Douglas) MN County (Faribault) MN County (Fillmore) MN County (Freeborn) MN County (Goodhue) MN County (Grant) MN County (Hennepin) MN County (Houston) MN County (Isanti) MN County (Itasca North) MN County (Itasca South) MN County (Jackson) MN County (Kanabec) MN County (Kandiyohi) MN County (Kittson) MN County (Koochiching) MN County (Lac Qui Parle) MN County (Lake of the Woods North) MN County (Lake of the Woods South) MN County (Le Sueur) MN County (Lincoln) MN County (Lyon) MN County (Mahnomen) MN County (Marshall) MN County (Martin) MN County (McLeod) MN County (Meeker) MN County (Morrison) MN County (Mower) MN County (Murray) MN County (Nicollet) MN County (Nobles) MN County (Norman) MN County (Olmsted) MN County (Ottertail) MN County (Pennington) MN County (Pine) MN County (Pipestone) MN County (Polk) MN County (Pope) MN County (Ramsey) MN County (Red Lake) MN County (Redwood) MN County (Renville) MN County (Rice) MN County (Rock) MN County (Roseau) MN County (Sherburne) MN County (Sibley) MN County (St Louis Central) MN County (St Louis North) MN County (St Louis South) MN County (Stearns) MN County (Steele) MN County (Stevens) MN County (Swift) MN County (Todd) MN County (Traverse) MN County (Wabasha) MN County (Wadena) MN County (Waseca) MN County (Watonwan) MN County (Winona) MN County (Wright) MN County (Yellow Medicine) Modis Spheroid (6371007.181 M) NAD27 NAD27 Datums NAD27 (Alaska) NAD27 (Aleutian Islands East) NAD27 (Aleutian Islands West) NAD27 (Bahamas) NAD27 (Canada) NAD27 (Canal Zone) NAD27 (Caribbean) NAD27 (Central America) NAD27 (Conus) NAD27 (Cuba) NAD27 (Greenland) NAD27 (Mexico) NAD27 (Michigan) NAD27 (San Salvador) NAD27 (Yuma Proving Grounds) NAD83 NAD83 Datums NAD83 (Alabama HPGN) NAD83 (Arizona HPGN) NAD83 (Arkansas HPGN) NAD83 (California North HPGN) NAD83 (California South HPGN) NAD83 (Colorado HPGN) NAD83 (Florida HPGN) NAD83 (Georgia HPGN) NAD83 (Hawaii HPGN) NAD83 (Illinois HPGN) NAD83 (Indiana HPGN) NAD83 (Iowa HPGN) NAD83 (ITRF96) NAD83 (Kansas HPGN) NAD83 (Kentucky HPGN) NAD83 (Louisiana HPGN) NAD83 (Main HPGN) NAD83 (Maryland-Delaware HPGN) NAD83 (Michigan HPGN) NAD83 (Minnesota HPGN) NAD83 (Mississippi HPGN) NAD83 (Missouri HPGN) NAD83 (Montana East HPGN) NAD83 (Montana West-Idaho HPGN) NAD83 (Nebraska HPGN) NAD83 (Nevada HPGN) NAD83 (New England HPGN) NAD83 (New Jersey HPGN) NAD83 (New Mexico HPGN) NAD83 (New York HPGN) NAD83 (North Carolina HPGN) NAD83 (North Dakota HPGN) NAD83 (Ohio HPGN) NAD83 (Oklahoma HPGN) NAD83 (Pennsylvania HPGN) NAD83 (Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands HPGN) NAD83 (South Carolina HPGN) NAD83 (South Dakota HPGN) NAD83 (Tennessee HPGN) NAD83 (Texas East HPGN) NAD83 (Texas West HPGN) NAD83 (Utah HPGN) NAD83 (Virginia HPGN) NAD83 (Washington-Oregon HPGN) NAD83 (West Virginia HPGN) NAD83 (Wisconsin HPGN) NAD83 (Wyoming HPGN) NAD83 CSRS NAD83 CSRS (Alberta) NAD83 CSRS (British Columbia) NAD83 CSRS (New Brunswick) NAD83 CSRS (Quebec) NAD83 CSRS (Saskatchewan) Nahrwan Naparima (UAE) New Israeli Datum (NID) NGO 1948 (Greenwich Meridian) NGO 1948 (Oslo Meridian) North Sahara 1959 North Sahara 1959 (Hassi Messaoud) NTF France (Greenwich Meridian) NTF France (Paris Meridian) NZGD2000 NZGD49 Observatorio 1966 Ocotepeque (Costa Rica) Old Hawaiian Mean Old Israeli Datum (OID) Oman OSGB36 (7-Param Transform) OSGB36 (Best Transform) OSGB36 (NTv2 Grid) Pico De Las Nieves Pointe Noire 1948 (Congo) Portuguese 1973 (Datum 73) POSGAR94 (Argentina) Potsdam 1983 (Germany - Ferro) Potsdam/DHDN (Germany - Ferro) Potsdam/DHDN (Germany) Provisional South Chilean PRS92 (Philippines) PSAD56 (Prov. S. American 1956) PSD93 (Oman) Puerto Rico Qatar 1974 QND95 (Qatar) Qornoq Reunion Island Reykjavik 1900 RGF-93 RGFG95 (Guyane) RGM04 (Mayotte) RGNC91-93 (New Caledonia) RGR92 (Reunion) RGSPN06 (St Pierre et Miquelon) Rome 1940 [Monte Mario] (Greenwich) Rome 1940 [Monte Mario] (Rome) RT38 (Greenwich) RT38 (Stockholm) RT90 S-42 (see below) S-42 Datums S-42 (Pulkovo 1942) S-42 Albania S-42 Azerbaijan/Georgia S-42 Czechoslovakia S-42 Estonia S-42 Germany S-42 Hungary S-42 Kazakhstan S-42 Latvia S-42 Lithuania S-42 Poland S-42 Romania S-42 Russia S-JTSK (Czech Republic) Sao Braz Schwarzeck (Namibia) Sirgas 2000 Solomon 1968 (GUX 1 Astro) South American 1969 South American 1969 (Brazil) Southeast Base Southwest Base Sphere (Radius 6378137M) STM1987 (DNAG) Sweref99 (Sweden) Swiss Grid (CH1903) Swiss Grid (CH1903+) Tananarive 1925 (Greenwich) Tananarive 1925 (Paris) Tete (Mozambique) Timbalai 1948 Tokyo Trinidad 1903 TWD67 (Taiwan) VN-2000 (Vietnam) WGS72 WGS84 WI County (see below): WI County Datums WI County (Burnett) WI County (Chippewa) WI County (Douglas) WI County (Marathon) WI County (Sheboygan) WI County (Taylor) Xian 1980 (China) Yacare (Uruguay) Zanderij (Suriname)

Create New Datum Dialog

The Create New Datum dialog which appears when the Add Datum... button is clicked in the Select Projection dialog.

The Create New Datum dialog (right) allows for the creation of a new datum if the available datums (the list above) do not cover the needs of the user. There are a number of different fields and options in this dialog. These are detailed below:

• Datum Name: Enter the desired name for the new datum.
• Abbreviation (Optional): An optional field for a shortened version of the Datum Name.
• Prime Meridian (Degrees): Enter the prime meridian.
• Ellipsoid (Spheroid) Selection: This section consists of a drop-down list and two buttons:

• Add Ellipsoid...: This button brings up the Custom Ellipsoid Setup dialog. It has the following fields:

• Ellipsoid Name: Enter the desired name of the ellipsoid.
• Semi-Major Axis (meters): Enter the length of the semi-major axis.
• The two radio button options are:

• Use Semi-Minor Axis of: Enter the length of the the semi-minor axis.
• Use flattening of: Enter a number representing the flattening.

• Edit Ellipsoid...: Allows editing of a custom ellipsoid (one created with the Add Ellipsoid... button).
• The drop-down list options are:

Drop-down list options

"Airy" "ATS77" "Australian National" "Bessel (modified)" "Bessel 1841" "Bessel Namibia (GLM)" "Clarke 1858" "Clarke 1866" "Clarke 1866 (Michigan)" "Clarke 1880" "Clarke 1880 (Benoit)" "Clarke 1880 (IGN)" "Clarke 1880 (Palestine)" "Clarke 1880 (RGS)" "Danish 1876" "Everest 1830" "Everest 1830 (1937 Adjustment)" "Everest 1830 (1867 Definition)" "Everest 1830 (1975 Adjustment)" "Everest 1956" "GRS 1967 (Indonesia 1974)" "GRS 1967 Modified" "GRS 1980" "Helmert 1906" "Hough" "International 1909 (Hayford/Intl 1924)" "International 1967" "Krassovsky" "Mercury 1960" "MN County - Anoka" "MN County - Becker" "MN County - Beltrami North" "MN County - Beltrami South" "MN County - Benton" "MN County - Big Stone" "MN County - Blue Earth" "MN County - Brown" "MN County - Carlton" "MN County - Carver" "MN County - Cass North" "MN County - Cass South" "MN County - Chipewa" "MN County - Chisago" "MN County - Cook North" "MN County - Cook South" "MN County - Cottonwood" "MN County - Crow Wing" "MN County - Dakota" "MN County - Dodge" "MN County - Douglas" "MN County - Faribault" "MN County - Fillmore" "MN County - Freeborn" "MN County - Goodhue" "MN County - Grant" "MN County - Hennepin" "MN County - Houston" "MN County - Isanti" "MN County - Itasca North" "MN County - Itasca South" "MN County - Jackson" "MN County - Kanabec" "MN County - Kandiyohi" "MN County - Kittson" "MN County - Koochiching" "MN County - Lac Qui Parle" "MN County - Lake of the Woods North" "MN County - Lake of the Woods South" "MN County - Le Sueur"

"MN County - Lincoln" "MN County - Lyon" "MN County - Mahnomen" "MN County - Marshall" "MN County - Martin" "MN County - McLeod" "MN County - Meeker" "MN County - Morrison" "MN County - Mower" "MN County - Murray" "MN County - Nicollet" "MN County - Nobles" "MN County - Norman" "MN County - Olmsted" "MN County - Ottertail" "MN County - Pennington" "MN County - Pine" "MN County - Pipestone" "MN County - Polk" "MN County - Pope" "MN County - Ramsey" "MN County - Red Lake" "MN County - Redwood" "MN County - Renville" "MN County - Rice" "MN County - Rock" "MN County - Roseau" "MN County - Scott" "MN County - Sherburne" "MN County - Sibley" "MN County - St Louis Central" "MN County - St Louis North" "MN County - St Louis South" "MN County - Stearns" "MN County - Steele" "MN County - Stevens" "MN County - Swift" "MN County - Todd" "MN County - Traverse" "MN County - Wabasha" "MN County - Wadena" "MN County - Waseca" "MN County - Watonwan" "MN County - Winona" "MN County - Wright" "MN County - Yellow Medicine" "Modified Airy" "Modified Everest 1948" "Modified Mercury 1968" "South America 1969" "Southeast Asia" "Sphere Radius 6356752 m" "Sphere Radius 6370997 m" "Sphere Radius 6371000 m" "Sphere Radius 6371007.181 m" "Sphere Radius 6371204 m" "Sphere Radius 6378137 m" "Sphere Radius 6378388 m" "War Office (McCaw 1924)" "WGS66" "WGS72" "WGS84" "WI County - Burnett" "WI County - Chippewa" "WI County - Douglas" "WI County - Marathon" "WI County - Sheboygan" "WI County - Taylor" "Xian 1980"

• Datum Transformation Method: This section consists of four radio button options:

• 3-parameter (Molodensky) Transformation: Uses the Molodensky transformation method.
• 7-parameter (Bursa-Wolfe) Transformation (Position Vector Rotation): Uses seven parameters: "three translations, three rotations, and a scale correction factor".
• 7-parameter (Bursa-Wolfe) Transformation (Coordinate Frame Rotation): Variation of the above.
• Custom Shift Based on Control Point File: Selecting this options brings up an Open dialog, allowing the user to select a Control Point File with the necessary data to set the datum transformation method. This file is a text file with entries (one per line) in the following format:

deg_longitude_in_new_datum,deg_latitude_in_new_datum,deg_longitude_in_WGS84,deg_latitude_in_WGS84

• Shifts to WGS84 (meters): This section allows the X Shift, Y Shift, and Z Shift to be manually set for the new datum.
• Rotation to WGS84: This section allows setting the X, Y, and Z in for the new datum by selecting from the Units drop-down:

• arc-seconds
• radians
• micro-radians

• Scale Correction to WGS84 (parts per million): This section allows setting the Scale (ppm) for the new datum.

Planar Units

The planar unit is simply the measuring format used in the projection. Select the appropriate one from the list.

List of Planar Units
"Meters" "Feet (U.S. Survey)" "Feet (International)" "Nautical Miles" "Yards" "Indian Yards" "Clarke's Feet" "Cape Feet" "Inches" "Links" "Chains (Benoit)"	"Chains (Sears)" "Clarke's Links" "Centimeters" "Millimeters" "Kilometers" "British Chains (Sears 1922 Truncated)" "Clarke's Yards" "German Legal Meters" "Gold Coast Feet" "Sears Yards" "Sears Feet"

Parameters

In the Parameters section, the Attribute and Value columns contain information specific to the Projection and Zone selected.

Related Topics

• Projections