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 |