Parent Topic: GRID SHIFT FILES

NADCON files
There are three sets of the U.S. NADCON (North American Datum Conversion) grid-shift files provided in the $PCIHOME/etc directory:

 Datum   Datum Name                                       Ellipsoid
 Code      Location                                       used
             (File in $PCIHOME/etc)
               Area covered

 "D-01"  NAD27 (USA, NADCON)                              "E000"
           Continental U.S.                                Clarke 1866
             ("conus.los", "conus.las")
               Longitudes:  63d W to 131d W;
               Latitudes:   20d N to  50d N;
               Resolution:  15 minutes

 "D-02"  NAD83 (USA, NADCON)                              "E008"
           Continental U.S.                                GRS 1980
             ("conus.los", "conus.las")
               Longitudes:  63d W to 131d W;
               Latitudes:   20d N to  50d N
               Resolution:  15 minutes

 "D-05"  NAD27 (USA, NADCON)                              "E000"
           Alaska                                          Clarke 1866
             ("alaska.los", "alaska.las")
               Longitudes: 128d W to 169d W;
               Latitudes:   50d N to  74d N

 "D-06"  NAD83 (USA, NADCON)                              "E008"
           Alaska                                          GRS 1980
             ("alaska.los", "alaska.las")
               Longitudes: 128d W to 169d W;
               Latitudes:   50d N to  74d N

 "D-07"  Old Hawaiian (USA, NADCON)                       "E000"
           Hawaii                                          Clarke 1866
             ("hawaii.los", "hawaii.las")
               Longitudes: 154d W to 161d W;
               Latitudes:   18d N to  23d N

 "D-08"  NAD83 (USA, NADCON)                              "E008"
           Hawaii                                          GRS 1980
             ("hawaii.los", "hawaii.las")
               Longitudes: 154d W to 161d W;
               Latitudes:   18d N to  23d N
Other NADCON files (e.g. for Puerto Rico and the Vigin Islands; the Alaskan islands of St. George, St. Lawrence, and St.Paul) are available on the Internet at ftp://ftp.ngs.noaa.gov/pub/pcsoft/nadcon or by FTP at ftp.ngs.noaa.gov in the pub/pcsoft/nadcon subdirectory.


Parent Topic: GRID SHIFT FILES
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