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Guidance Note Number 7
POSC literature pertaining to
Coordinate Conversions and Transformations including Formulas
This information was compiled by EPSG members for the Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation (POSC). It is reproduced here with the permission of POSC.
Revision history:
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Date |
Amendments |
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1 |
First release POSC Epicentre |
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10 |
May 1998 |
Additionally issued as an EPSG guidance note. |
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11 |
November 1998 |
Polynomial for Spain and Tunisia Mining Grid methods added. |
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12 |
February 1999 |
Abridged Molodenski formulas corrected. |
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13 |
July 1999 |
Lambert Conic Near Conformal and American Polyconic methods added. |
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14 |
December 1999 |
Stereographic and Tunisia Mining Grid formulas corrected. Krovak method added. |
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15 |
June 2000 |
General Polynomial and Affine methods added |
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16 |
December 2000 |
Lambert Conformal (Belgium) remarks revised; Oblique Mercator methods consolidated and formulas added. Similarity Transformation reversibility remarks amended. |
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17 |
June 2001 |
Lambert Conformal, Mercator and Helmert formulas corrected. |
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18 |
August 2002 |
Revised to include ISO 19111 terminology. Section numbering revised. Added Preface. Lambert Conformal (West Orientated), Lambert Azimuthal, Albers, Equidistant Cylindrical (Plate Carrée), TM zoned, Bonne, Molodenski-Badedas methods added. Errors in Transverse Mercator (South Orientated) formula corrected. |
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19 |
December 2002 |
Polynomial formulas amended. Formula for spherical radius in Equidistant Cylindrical projection amended. Formula for Krovak projection amended. Degree representation conversions added. Editorial amendments made to subscripts and superscripts. |
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20 |
May 2003 |
Font for Greek symbols in Albers section amended. |
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21 |
October 2003 |
Typographic errors in example for Lambert Conic (Belgium) corrected. Polar Stereographic formulae extended for secant variants. General polynomial extended to degree 13. Added Abridged Molodenski and Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area examples and Reversible polynomial formulae. |
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22 |
December 2003 |
Errors in FE and FN values in example for Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area corrected. |
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22 |
January 2004 |
Database codes for Polar Stereographic variants corrected. Degree representation conversions withdrawn. |
ã EPSG, 1995-2004.