TABLE 1: List of valid projection acronyms

code

description

aea Albers Equal Area
aeqd Azimuthal equidistant
alsk Alaska Mod.-Stereographics
apian Apian Globular
bipc Bipolar Conic
bonne Bonne
cass Cassini
cc Central Cylindrical
cea Cylindrical Equal Area
collg Collignon
eck1 Eckert I
eck2 Eckert II
eck3 Eckert III
eck4 Eckert IV
eck5 Eckert V
eck6 Eckert VI
eqc Equidistant Cylindrical
eqdc Equidistant Conic
gall Gall (Stereographic)
gnom Gnomonic
gs50 50 State U.S. Mod.-Stereographic
gs48 48 State U.S. Mod.-Stereographic
hataea Hatano Asymmetrical Equal Area
labrd Laborde
laea Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
leac Lambert Equal Area Conic
lee os Lee Oblate Stereographics Pacific
lcc Lambert Conformal Conic
loxim Loximuthal
lsat LANDSAT Space Oblique Mercator
mbtfpp McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Parabolic
mbtfps McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal
mbtfpq McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic
merc Mercator
mill Miller
mil os Miller Oblate Stereographics Eur-Africa
moll Mollweides
mtm Mercator Transverse Modifiee (Quebec)
nsper General Vertical Persepective
nzmg New Zealand Map Grid
ocea Oblique Cylindrical Equal Area
omerc Oblique Mercator
ortho Orthographic
parab Caster Parabolic
poly Polyconic (American)
putp2 Putnins P2
putp5 Putnins P5
quau Quartic Authalic
robin Robinson
sinu Sinusoidal
stere Stereographic
tcc Transverse Central Cylindrical
tcea Transverse Cylindrical Equal Area
tmerc Transverse Mercator
tpers Tilted Perspective
ups Universal Polar Stereographic
utm Universal Transverse Mercator
vandg Van der Grinten
wink1 Winkel 1