National grid systems are set up by countries to provide a standard scheme of map projections for their country. Such systems might use one standard projection type (such as UTM) with specific parameters for standard zones within the country.
Other national grid systems will use different projections for different parts of the country. The US State Plane Coordinate System , for example, uses UTM as well as Lambert Conformal Conic in different State Plane zones.
Manifold includes standardized projections for a vast number of national grids. All have been implemented using local standards for such grids. The detailed description of such grids and how to use them is beyond the scope of this documentation. When working with a particular country's national grid, consult the references published by the national cartographic authority.
Following is a partial list of national grid projection systems available in the Standard tab of the Coordinate System dialog. Note that the EPSG tab provides many more projections as well, listed by their EPSG standard names and EPSG numbers.
Australia |
AMG66, AMG84, MGA94 and NSW ISG 56:3 |
Austria |
Austria LCC, M28, M31 and M34 |
Bahrain Grid |
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Barbados Grid |
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Belgium |
Hooijberg and National Geographic Institute projections |
British National Grid |
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Canada (NAD) |
MTM Zones 1 through 6 using NAD 27 or NAD 83 |
Canada (Provinces) |
Provincial grids for Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec |
Costa Rica |
Costa Rica Norte, Costa Rica Sud and Costa Rica TM 1990 |
Dutch Grid |
Rijksdriehoekstelsel Grid |
Finnish Grid |
Finland Uniform Coordinate System and Finland Zones 1 through 4 |
France |
Entire France, Zone I (Nord), Zone II (Midi), Zone III (Sud) and Zone IV (Corse) |
Gabon Grid |
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Germany |
Gauss-Kruger Zones 1 through 4 (DHDN). Versions of the Gauss-Kruger projection as used within Germany. See the Gauss Kruger topic. |
Greece Grid |
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GS50 Projection for US 50 States |
Provided in both ellipsoid and spherical form. |
GS50 Projection for US 50 States (Spherical) |
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Guam |
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HGRS87 |
Used in Greece |
Ireland Grid |
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Italy |
Zone 1 (West) and Zone 2 (East) |
Jordan Transverse Mercator |
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Korea |
Korea Central, Korea East and Korea West |
Lee Oblated Stereographic Pacific Ocean |
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Lithuania Grid |
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Luxembourg Grid |
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Micronesia |
Individual projections for Majuro Atoll (Marshall Islands), Palau (Caroline Islands), Ponape (Caroline Islands), Rota (Mariana Islands), Saipan (Mariana Islands), Truk Atoll (Caroline Islands), and Yap (Caroline Islands) |
Miller Oblated Stereographic Europe and Africa |
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Modified-Stereographic Conformal |
Alaska ellipsoidal, Alaska spherical and 50 US states |
New Zealand Grid |
New Zealand Grid, New Zealand Transverse Mercator, Old North Island Grid and Old South Island Grid |
Norway |
Zones 1 through 8 |
Oblique Mercator Laborde |
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Oblique Mercator Spherical |
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Oman PDO 1993 |
PDO Survey Datum 1993 |
Palestine |
Palestine Belt and Palestine Grid |
Philippines Grid |
Zones I through V |
Portugal Grid |
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Qatar Grid |
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Romania Stereo 70 |
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Singapore Grid |
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Spain Grid |
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State Plane |
Numerous zones for the US State Plane Coordinate System using the 1927 (NAD27) or 1983 (NAD83) North American Datum. |
Sweden |
Zones 1 through 6 |
Switzerland |
New and Old Swiss grids |
Transverse Mercator South Oriented |
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Trinidad Grid |
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UK British Grid |
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United States |
Specialized projections used within the United States, including:
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