Units – Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional User Manual
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Ellipsoid
Area of Coverage
Datum Name
Number
Everest (India 1830)
Brunei and East Malaysia
(Sarawak and Sabah)
Timbalai 1948
96
Bessel 1841
Japan, Korea, Okinawa
Tokyo
97
Bessel 1841
Japan
Tokyo97
1015
International
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan Astro 1968
98
Clarke 1880
Viti Levu Island (Fiji Islands)
Viti Levu 1916
99
Clarke 1880
Tunisia/Algeria
Voirol 1874
148
Clarke 1880
Algeria
Voirol 1960
149
Hough
Marshall Islands
Wake-Eniwetok 1960
100
WGS 60
Worldwide
World Geodetic System
1960 (WGS 60)
101
WGS 66
Worldwide
World Geodetic System
1966 (WGS 66)
102
WGS 72
Worldwide
World Geodetic System
1972 (WGS 72)
103
WGS 84
Worldwide
World Geodetic System
1984 (WGS 84)
104
1980
China
Xian
1017
International
Uruguay
Yacare
105
International
Surinam
Zanderij
106
Units
The following table lists the available coordinate units and the number used to identify the unit in the
MAPINFOW.PRJ file:
Units
Number
Centimeters
6
Chains
31
Feet (also called International Feet)
3
Inches
2
Kilometers
1
Links
30
Meters
7
Miles
0
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