NAME
nad2nad - North American Datum conversion filter
SYNOPSIS
nad2nad [ -eEfihortwW [ args
] ] [ +args ] file[s]
DESCRIPTION
Program nad2nad is a filter to convert
data between North America Datum 1927 (NAD27) and North American
Datum 1983. nad2nad can optionally process both State Plane
Coordinate System (SPCS) and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
grid data as well as geographic data for both input and output.
This can also be accomplished with the cs2cs program.
The following control parameters can appear in any order:
- -[i|o] keyword[,keyword]
- The -i and -o option expect keyword arguments
which define various characteristics and processing modes of the
respective input data. Usage allows multiple arguments to be
included with a - operator when separated by commas. Datum
conversion requires the data to be in geographic coordinates, but
nad2nad will allow conversion of data to and from SPCS or
UTM grid systems. The following are keywords and arguments
reconized by both the -i and -o that will apply to
respective input and output conversion of user data to internal
geographic coordinates:
-
- 27|83
- datum of data
- utm=n
- UTM coordinates in meters for zone n
- spcs=n
- for data in SPCS coordinates, where n is state
zone number.
- feet
- data units are in U.S. Surveyor's feet. This is allowed only
when the spcs option been previously used. Default
coordinates are in meters.
- bin
- for data in binary form.
- rev
- data in lat-lon order rather than default lon-lat order.
- hp=ss
- use high precision conversion zone ss. Certain States
have ancillary correction tables to further refine the basic conus
table. Ss key and States are:
- FL Florida
MD Maryland
TN Tennessee
WI Wisconsin
WO Washington, Oregon and northern part of
California.
- -ta
- A specifies a character employed as the first character
to denote a control line to be passed through without processing.
This option applicable to ascii input only. (# is the default
value).
- -e string
- String is an arbitrary string to be output if an error
is detected during data transformations. The default value is:
*\t*. Note that if the -o bin option is employed, an error
is output as HUGE_VAL for both values.
- -r region
- specifies which regional conversion table to employ which are
identified by the following:
- conus - conterminous 48 States
alaska - State of Alaska
hawaii - State of Hawaii
prvi - Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
stgeorge - St. George Is, Alaska
stpaul - St. Paul Is, Alaska
stlrnc - St. Lawrence Is, Alaska
- -E
- Input coordinates are echoed to output before ouput
values.
- -f format
- Format is a printf format string to control the
form of the output values. For inverse projections, the output will
be in degrees when this option is employed. If a format is
specified for inverse projection the output data will be in decimal
degrees. The default format is ``%.2f'' for forward projection and
DMS for inverse.
- -[w|W]n
- N is the number of significant fractional digits to
employ for seconds output (when the option is not specified,
-w3 is assumed). When -W is employed the fields will
be constant width and with leading zeroes.
One or more files (processed in left to right order)
specify the source of data to be transformed. A - will specify the
location of processing standard input. If no files are specified,
the input is assumed to be from stdin. For ASCII input data
the two data values must be in the first two white space separated
fields and when both input and output are ASCII all trailing
portions of the input line are appended to the output line.
Input geographic data (longitude and latitude) must be in DMS
format when neither utm nor spcs is specified,
otherwise in meters or feet (feet option used). Input data
fields must be separated by white space and not have imbedded white
space.
Output data will be in tab separated fields of DMS or grid
coordinates in meters or feet.
Any data after the two input values are echoed after the two
output data values.
SEE ALSO
cs2cs(1U),
proj(1U),
Cartographic Projection Procedures for the UNIX Environment---A
User's Manual, (Evenden, 1990, Open-file report 90-284).
HOME PAGE
http://www.remotesensing.org/proj