## Supported projections in GRASS 5.0.0

Projections list - Links to tutorials and national grid systems - GRASS sample PROJ_INFO files and LOCATIONS

    GRASS Projection software is based on PROJ4 originally from USGS, now
    maintained by Frank Warmerdam.

    ll -- Lat/Lon
    utm -- Universe Transverse Mercator
    stp -- State Plane
    aea -- Albers Equal Area
    lcc -- Lambert Conformal Conic
    merc -- Mercator
    tmerc -- Transverse Mercator
    leac -- Lambert Equal Area Conic
    laea -- Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
    aeqd -- Azimuthal Equidistant
    airy -- Airy
    aitoff -- Aitoff
    alsk -- Mod. Stererographics of Alaska
    apian -- Apian Globular I
    august -- August Epicycloidal
    bacon -- Bacon Globular
    bipc -- Bipolar conic of western hemisphere
    boggs -- Boggs Eumorphic
    bonne -- Bonne (Werner lat_1=90)
    cass -- Cassini
    cc -- Central Cylindrical
    cea -- Equal Area Cylindrical
    chamb -- Chamberlin Trimetric
    collg -- Collignon
    crast -- Craster Parabolic (Putnins P4)
    denoy -- Denoyer Semi-Elliptical
    eck1 -- Eckert I
    eck2 -- Eckert II
    eck3 -- Eckert III
    eck4 -- Eckert IV
    eck5 -- Eckert V
    eck6 -- Eckert VI
    eqc -- Equidistant Cylindrical (Plate Caree)
    eqdc -- Equidistant Conic
    euler -- Euler
    fahey -- Fahey
    fouc -- Foucaut
    fouc_s -- Foucaut Sinusoidal
    gall -- Gall (Gall Stereographic)
    gins8 -- Ginsburg VIII (TsNIIGAiK)
    gn_sinu -- General Sinusoidal Series
    gnom -- Gnomonic
    goode -- Goode Homolosine
    gs48 -- Mod. Stererographics of 48 U.S.
    gs50 -- Mod. Stererographics of 50 U.S.
    hammer -- Hammer & Eckert-Greifendorff
    hatano -- Hatano Asymmetrical Equal Area
    imw_p -- International Map of the World Polyconic
    kav5 -- Kavraisky V
    kav7 -- Kavraisky VII
    krovak -- Krovak
    krovakgis -- Krovakgis (Krovak with -y, -x axes)
    labrd -- Laborde
    lagrng -- Lagrange
    larr -- Larrivee
    lask -- Laskowski
    lee_os -- Lee Oblated Stereographic
    loxim -- Loximuthal
    lsat -- Space oblique for LANDSAT
    mbt_s -- McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sine (No. 1)
    mbt_fps -- McBryde-Thomas Flat-Pole Sine (No. 2)
    mbtfpp -- McBride-Thomas Flat-Polar Parabolic
    mbtfpq -- McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic
    mbtfps -- McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal
    mil_os -- Miller Oblated Stereographic
    mill -- Miller Cylindrical
    mpoly -- Modified Polyconic
    moll -- Mollweide
    murd1 -- Murdoch I
    murd2 -- Murdoch II
    murd3 -- Murdoch III
    nell -- Nell
    nell_h -- Nell-Hammer
    nicol -- Nicolosi Globular
    nsper -- Near-sided perspective
    nzmg -- New Zealand Map Grid
    ob_tran -- General Oblique Transformation
    ocea -- Oblique Cylindrical Equal Area
    oea -- Oblated Equal Area
    omerc -- Oblique Mercator
    ortel -- Ortelius Oval
    ortho -- Orthographic
    pconic -- Perspective Conic
    poly -- Polyconic (American)
    putp1 -- Putnins P1
    putp2 -- Putnins P2
    putp3 -- Putnins P3
    putp3p -- Putnins P3'
    putp4p -- Putnins P4'
    putp5 -- Putnins P5
    putp5p -- Putnins P5'
    putp6 -- Putnins P6
    putp6p -- Putnins P6'
    qua_aut -- Quartic Authalic
    robin -- Robinson
    rpoly -- Rectangular Polyconic
    sinu -- Sinusoidal (Sanson-Flamsteed)
    somerc -- Swiss. Obl. Mercator
    stere -- Stereographic
    tcc -- Transverse Central Cylindrical
    tcea -- Transverse Cylindrical Equal Area
    tissot -- Tissot
    tpeqd -- Two Point Equidistant
    tpers -- Tilted perspective
    ups -- Universal Polar Stereographic
    urm5 -- Urmaev V
    urmfps -- Urmaev Flat-Polar Sinusoidal
    vandg -- van der Grinten (I)
    vandg2 -- van der Grinten II
    vandg3 -- van der Grinten III
    vandg4 -- van der Grinten IV
    vitk1 -- Vitkovsky I
    wag1 -- Wagner I (Kavraisky VI)
    wag2 -- Wagner II
    wag3 -- Wagner III
    wag4 -- Wagner IV
    wag5 -- Wagner V
    wag6 -- Wagner VI
    wag7 -- Wagner VII
    weren -- Werenskiold I
    wink1 -- Winkel I
    wink2 -- Winkel II
    wintri -- Winkel Tripel

### Projection theory and national projection systems (URLs)

- MapRef - The Collection of Map Projections and Reference Systems for Europe by Stefan A. Voser
- ASPRS Grids and Datum - national systems
- Projections Transform List (PROJ4)
- EPSG codes in a table (PROJ4)

- Projections and Projected Coordinate Systems (by POSC)
- Map Projection Overview by Peter H. Dana
- Coordinate Systems Overview by Peter H. Dana
- Geodetic Datum Overview by Peter H. Dana
- A Guide to Map Projections in Modern Cartography Texts by Matthew Bazylewskyj
- Spatial Coordinate Systems: "Where in the World are we?"
- Corrections for An Album of Map Projections (PROF. PAPER 1453) by John P. Snyder and Philip M. Voxland
- Coordinates, Datums and Transformations by Bob Burtch
- Tutorial on Map Projections by Carlos A. Furuti
- POSC Specification (Epicentre Usage Guide) with detailed discussion
- EPSG codes for projections and datums

### GRASS sample PROJ_INFO files and LOCATIONS

- GRASS5: Projection Files for State Plane
- Sample GRASS Data In Different Projections

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