Coordinate Systems

WinProp supports a wide range of geodetic datum. During the conversion of the database from the original format to the WinProp data format the datum of the database must be defined by the user (if not included in the original data format), click Data > Topography Database > Convert.

WinProp computes internally with UTM data, and therefore the database is converted to UTM coordinates during the computation. UTM zone is selected automatically based on the center pixel of the simulation area. Pixels and coordinates are then transformed to the UTM zone of the center pixel. After the simulation is completed, the data is transformed back to the original datum. In the case your required coordinate system is not listed, contact Altair support.

Table 1. Supported ellipsoids.
Abbreviation	Name of Ellipsoid	Equatorial Radius [m]	Square of Eccentricity
WE	WGS-84 (World Geodetic System)	6378137.000	0.006694379990
WD	WGS-72 (World Geodetic System)	6378135.000	0.006694317778
WC	WGS 66 (World Geodetic System)	6378145.000	0.006694542
WB	WGS 60 (World Geodetic System)	6378165.000	0.006693422
SA	South American 1969	6378160.000	0.006694542
KA	Krassovsky	6378245.000	0.006693422
HO	Hough	6378270.000	0.00672267
HE	Helmert 1906	6378200.000	0.006693422
AN	Australian National	6378160.000	0.006694542
AA	Airy	6377563.000	0.00667054
AM	Airy Modified	6377340.000	0.00667054
BR	Bessel 1841	6377397.000	0.006674372
BN	Bessel 1841 (Namibia)	6377484.000	0.006674372
CC	Clarke 1866	6378206.000	0.006768658
CD	Clarke 1880	6378249.000	0.006803511
FM	Fischer 1960 (Mercury)	6378166.000	0.006693422
FB	Fischer 1968	6378150.000	0.006693422
FA	Mod. Fischer 1960 (South Asia)	6378155.000	0.006693421774
RE	GRS 1967	6378160.000	0.006694605
RF	GRS 1980	6378137.000	0.006694380023
IN	International 1924	6378388.000	0.006722670022
EA	Everest	6377276.000	0.006637847
EB	Everest (E. Malasia, Brunei)	6377298.556	0.006637846724
EC	Everest 1956 (India)	6377301.243	0.006637846745
ED	Everest 1969 (West Malasia)	6377295.664	0.006637846604
EE	Everest 1948 (West Malasia & Sing.)	6377304.063	0.006637846628
EF	Everest (Pakistan)	6377309.613	0.006637533918
ID	Indonesian 1974	6378160.000	0.006694609107

Table 2. Supported coordinate datum.
Abbreviation	Coordinate Datum	Ellipsoid
ADI-A	ADINDAN Ethiopia	CD
ADI-B	ADINDAN Sudan	CD
ADI-C	ADINDAN Mali	CD
ADI-D	ADINDAN Senegal	CD
ADI-E	ADINDAN Burkina Faso	CD
ADI-F	ADINDAN Cameroon	CD
ADI-M	ADINDAN Mean	CD
AFG	AFGOOYE Somalia	KA
AIA	ANTIGUA ISLAND ASTRO 1943	CD
AIN-A	AIN EL ABD 1970 Bahrain	IN
AIN-B	AIN EL ABD 1970 Saudi Arabia	IN
AMA	AMERICAN SAMOA 1962	CC
ANO	ANNA 1 ASTRO 1965 Cocos Is.	AN
ARF-A	ARC 1950 Botswana	CD
ARF-B	ARC 1950 Lesotho	CD
ARF-C	ARC 1950 Malawi	CD
ARF-D	ARC 1950 Swaziland	CD
ARF-E	ARC 1950 Zaire	CD
ARF-F	ARC 1950 Zambia	CD
ARF-G	ARC 1950 Zimbabwe	CD
ARF-H	ARC 1950 Burundi	CD
ARF-M	ARC 1950 Mean	CD
ARS-A	ARC 1960 Kenya	CD
ARS-B	ARC 1960 Tanzania	CD
ARS-M	ARC 1960 Kenya & Tanzania	CD
ASC	ASCENSION ISLAND 1958	IN
ASM	MONTSERRAT ISLAND ASTRO 1958	CD
ASQ	ASTRO STATION 1952 Marcus Is.	IN
ATF	ASTRO BEACON E 1845 Iwo Jima	IN
AUA	AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC 1966 (AGD66)	AN
AUG	AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC 1984 (AGD84)	AN
BAT	DJAKARTA INDONESIA	BR
BER	BERMUDA 1957 Bermuda Islands	CC
BID	BISSAU Guinea-Bissau	IN
BOO	BOGOTA OBSERVATORY Columbia	IN
BUR	BUKIT RIMPAH Banka & Belitung	BR
CAC	CAPE CANAVERAL Fla & Bahamas	CC
CAI	CAMPO INCHAUSPE 1969 Arg.	IN
CAO	CANTON ASTRO 1966 Phoenix Is.	IN
CAP	CAPE South Africa	CD
CAZ	CAMP AREA ASTRO Camp McMurdo	IN
CCD	S-JTSK Czech Republic	BR
CGE	CARTHAGE Tunisia	CD
CHI	CHATHAM ISLAND ASTRO 1971 NZ	IN
CHU	CHUA ASTRO Paraguay	IN
COA	CORREGO ALEGRE Brazil	IN
DAL	DABOLA Guinea	CD
DID	DECEPTION ISLAND	CD
DOB	GUX 1 ASTRO Guadalcanal Is.	IN
EAS	EASTER ISLAND 1967	IN
ENW	WAKE-ENIWETOK 1960	HO
EST	ESTONIA 1937	BR
EUR-A	EUROPEAN 1950 Western Europe	IN
EUR-B	EUROPEAN 1950 Greece	IN
EUR-C	EUROPEAN 1950 Norway & Finland	IN
EUR-D	EUROPEAN 1950 Portugal & Spain	IN
EUR-E	EUROPEAN 1950 Cyprus	IN
EUR-F	EUROPEAN 1950 Egypt	IN
EUR-G	EUROPEAN 1950 England Channel	IN
EUR-H	EUROPEAN 1950 Iran	IN
EUR-I	EUROPEAN 1950 Sardinia(Italy)	IN
EUR-J	EUROPEAN 1950 Sicily(Italy)	IN
EUR-K	EUROPEAN 1950 England Ireland	IN
EUR-L	EUROPEAN 1950 Malta	IN
EUR-M	EUROPEAN 1950 Mean (3 Param)	IN
EUR-S	EUROPEAN 1950 Iraq Israel	IN
EUR-T	EUROPEAN 1950 Tunisia	IN
EUS	EUROPEAN 1979	IN
FAH	OMAN	CD
FLO	OBSERVATORIO MET. 1939 Flores	IN
FOT	FORT THOMAS 1955 Leeward Is.	CD
GAA	GAN 1970 Rep. of Maldives	IN
GEO	GEODETIC DATUM 1949 NZ	IN
GIZ	DOS 1968 Gizo Island	IN
GRA	GRACIOSA BASE SW 1948 Azores	IN
GSE	GUNUNG SEGARA Indonesia	BR
GUA	GUAM 1963	CC
HEN	HERAT NORTH Afghanistan	IN
HER	HERMANNSKOGEL old Yugoslavia	BR
HIT	PROVISIONAL SOUTH CHILEAN 1963	IN
HJO	HJORSEY 1955 Iceland	IN
HKD	HONG KONG 1963	IN
HTN	HU-TZU-SHAN Taiwan	IN
IBE	BELLEVUE (IGN) Efate Is.	IN
IDN	INDONESIAN 1974	ID
IND-B	INDIAN Bangladesh	EA
IND-I	INDIAN India & Nepal	EC
IND-P	INDIAN Pakistan	EF
INF-A	INDIAN 1954 Thailand	EA
ING-A	INDIAN 1960 Vietnam 16N	EA
ING-B	INDIAN 1960 Con Son Island	EA
INH-A	INDIAN 1975 Thailand	EA
INH-A1	INDIAN 1975 Thailand	EA
IRL	IRELAND 1965	AM
ISG	ISTS 061 ASTRO 1968 S Georgia	IN
IST	ISTS 073 ASTRO 1969 Diego Garc	IN
JOH	JOHNSTON ISLAND 1961	IN
KAN	KANDAWALA Sri Lanka	EA
KEA	KERTAU 1948 W Malaysia & Sing.	EE
KEG	KERGUELEN ISLAND 1949	IN
KGS	KOREAN GEO DATUM 1995 S Korea	WE
KUS	KUSAIE ASTRO 1951 Caroline Is.	IN
LCF	L.C. 5 ASTRO 1961 Cayman Brac	CC
LEH	LEIGON Ghana	CD
LIB	LIBERIA 1964	CD
LUZ-A	LUZON Philippines	CC
LUZ-B	LUZON Mindanao Island	CC
MAS	MASSAWA Ethiopia	BR
MER	MERCHICH Morocco	CD
MID	MIDWAY ASTRO 1961 Midway Is.	IN
MIK	MAHE 1971 Mahe Is.	CD
MIN-A	MINNA Cameroon	CD
MIN-B	MINNA Nigeria	CD
MOD	ROME 1940 Sardinia	IN
MPO	M'PORALOKO Gabon	CD
MVS	VITI LEVU 1916 Viti Levu Is.	CD
NAH-A	NAHRWAN Masirah Island (Oman)	CD
NAH-B	NAHRWAN United Arab Emirates	CD
NAH-C	NAHRWAN Saudi Arabia	CD
NAP	NAPARIMA Trinidad & Tobago	IN
NAR-A	NORTH AMERICAN 1983 Alaska	RF
NAR-B	NORTH AMERICAN 1983 Canada	RF
NAR-C	NORTH AMERICAN 1983 CONUS	RF
NAR-D	NORTH AMERICAN 1983 Mexico	RF
NAR-E	NORTH AMERICAN 1983 Aleutian	RF
NAR-H	NORTH AMERICAN 1983 Hawai'i	RF
NAS-A	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Eastern US	CC
NAS-B	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Western US	CC
NAS-C	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 CONUS	CC
NAS-D	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Alaska	CC
NAS-E	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Canada	CC
NAS-F	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Alberta/BC	CC
NAS-G	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 E. Canada	CC
NAS-H	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Man/Ont	CC
NAS-I	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 NW Terr.	CC
NAS-J	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Yukon	CC
NAS-L	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Mexico	CC
NAS-N	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 C. America	CC
NAS-O	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Canal Zone	CC
NAS-P	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Caribbean	CC
NAS-Q	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Bahamas	CC
NAS-R	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 San Salv.	CC
NAS-T	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Cuba	CC
NAS-U	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Greenland	CC
NAS-V	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Aleutian E	CC
NAS-W	NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Aleutian W	CC
NSD	NORTH SAHARA 1959 Algeria	CD
OEG	OLD EGYPTIAN 1907	HE
OGB-A	ORDNANCE GB 1936 England	AA
OGB-B	ORDNANCE GB 1936 Eng. Wales	AA
OGB-C	ORDNANCE GB 1936 Scotland	AA
OGB-D	ORDNANCE GB 1936 Wales	AA
OGB-M	ORDNANCE GB 1936 Mean (3 Para)	AA
OHA-A	OLD HAWAI'IAN (CC) Hawai'i	CC
OHA-B	OLD HAWAI'IAN (CC) Kauai	CC
OHA-C	OLD HAWAI'IAN (CC) Maui	CC
OHA-D	OLD HAWAI'IAN (CC) Oahu	CC
OHA-M	OLD HAWAI'IAN (CC) Mean	CC
OHI-A	OLD HAWAI'IAN (IN) Hawai'i	IN
OHI-B	OLD HAWAI'IAN (IN) Kauai	IN
OHI-C	OLD HAWAI'IAN (IN) Maui	IN
OHI-D	OLD HAWAI'IAN (IN) Oahu	IN
OHI-M	OLD HAWAI'IAN (IN) Mean	IN
PHA	AYABELLA LIGHTHOUSE Bjibouti	CD
PIT	PITCAIRN ASTRO 1967	IN
PLN	PICO DE LAS NIEVES Canary Is.	IN
POS	PORTO SANTO 1936 Madeira Is.	IN
PRP-A	PROV. S AMERICAN 1956 Bolivia	IN
PRP-B	PROV. S AMERICAN 1956 N Chile	IN
PRP-C	PROV. S AMERICAN 1956 S Chile	IN
PRP-D	PROV. S AMERICAN 1956 Colombia	IN
PRP-E	PROV. S AMERICAN 1956 Ecuador	IN
PRP-F	PROV. S AMERICAN 1956 Guyana	IN
PRP-G	PROV. S AMERICAN 1956 Peru	IN
PRP-H	PROV. S AMERICAN 1956 Venez	IN
PRP-M	PROV. S AMERICAN 1956 Mean	IN
PTB	POINT 58 Burkina Faso & Niger	CD
PTN	POINT NOIRE 1948	CD
PUK	PULKOVO 1942 Russia	KA
PUR	PUERTO RICO & Virgin Is.	CC
QAT	QATAR NATIONAL	IN
QUO	QORNOQ South Greenland	IN
REU	REUNION Mascarene Is.	IN
SAE	SANTO (DOS) 1965	IN
SAN-A	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Argentina	SA
SAN-B	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Bolivia	SA
SAN-C	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Brazil	SA
SAN-D	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Chile	SA
SAN-E	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Colombia	SA
SAN-F	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Ecuador	SA
SAN-G	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Guyana	SA
SAN-H	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Paraguay	SA
SAN-I	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Peru	SA
SAN-J	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Baltra	SA
SAN-K	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Trinidad	SA
SAN-L	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Venezuela	SA
SAN-M	SOUTH AMERICAN 1969 Mean	SA
SAO	SAO BRAZ Santa Maria Is.	IN
SAP	SAPPER HILL 1943 E Falkland Is	IN
SCK	SCHWARZECK Namibia	BN
SGM	SELVAGEM GRADE 1938 Salvage Is	IN
SHB	ASTRO DOS 71/4 St. Helena Is.	IN
SIR	SIRGAS South America	RF
SOA	SOUTH ASIA Singapore	FA
SPK-A	S-42 (PULKOVO 1942) Hungary	KA
SPK-B	S-42 (PULKOVO 1942) Poland	KA
SPK-C	S-42 (PK42) Former Czechoslov.	KA
SPK-D	S-42 (PULKOVO 1942) Latvia	KA
SPK-E	S-42 (PK 1942) Kazakhstan	KA
SPK-F	S-42 (PULKOVO 1942) Albania	KA
SPK-G	S-42 (PULKOVO 1942) Romania	KA
SRL	SIERRA LEONE 1960	CD
TAN	TANANARIVE OBSERVATORY 1925	IN
TDC	TRISTAN ASTRO 1968	IN
TIL	TIMBALAI 1948 Brunei & E Malay	EB
TOY-A	TOKYO Japan	BR
TOY-B	TOKYO South Korea	BR
TOY-B1	TOKYO South Korea	BR
TOY-C	TOKYO Okinawa	BR
TOY-M	TOKYO Mean	BR
TRN	ASTRO TERN ISLAND (FRIG) 1961	IN
VOI	VOIROL 1874 Algeria	CD
VOR	VOIROL 1960 Algeria	CD
WAK	WAKE ISLAND ASTRO 1952	IN
WGA	WGS 60 (World Geodetic System)	WB
WGB	WGS 66 (World Geodetic System)	WC
WGC	WGS 72 (World Geodetic System)	WD
WGE	WGS 84 (World Geodetic System)	WE
YAC	YACARE Uruguay	IN
ZAN	ZANDERIJ Suriname	IN

Coordinate and Datum Conversion of Selected Points

ProMan offers the possibility to convert coordinates and datum of single points or a list of points. This is useful if coordinates of measurement routes or site locations are to be converted to be used within ProMan. Click Data > Convert Coordinate Datum to specify the options.