TABLE 2: List of valid ellipsoids

code

description

airy Airy1830
APL4.9 Appl.Physics.1965
NWL9D NavalWeaponsLab.
mod airy Modi_edAiry
andrae Andrae1876(Den.)
aust SA AustralianNatl&S.Amer.1969
GRS67 GRS67(IUGG1967)
bessel Bessel1841
bess nam Bessel1841(Namibia)
clrk66 Clarke1866
clrk80 Clarke1880mod.
CPM Comm.desPoidsetMesures1799
delmbr Delambre1810(Belgium)
engelis Engelis1985
evrst30 Everest1830
evrst48 Everest1948
evrst56 Everest1956
evrst69 Everest1969
evrstSS Everest(Sabah&Sarawak)
fschr60 Fischer(MercuryDatum)1960
fschr60m Modi_edFischer1960
fschr68 Fischer1968
helmert Helmert1906
hough Hough
intl International1909(Hayford)
krass Krassovsky
kaula Kaula1961
MERIT MERIT1983
SGS85 SGS85
GRS80 GRS1980(IUGG)
IAU76 IAU1976
lerch Lerch1979
mprts Maupertius1738
new intl NewInternational1967
plessis Plessis1817(France)
SEasia SoutheastAsia
walbeck Walbeck
WGS60 WGS60
WGS66 WGS66
WGS72 WGS72
WGS84 WGS84