ISO TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics

# ISO/TC 211 Geolexica

## Concept “coordinate conversion”

Term ID

2350

source

ISO 19111:2019, (E), 3.1.6

eng

### coordinate conversion

coordinate operation that changes coordinates in a source coordinate reference system to coordinates in a target coordinate reference system in which both coordinate reference systems are based on the same datum

Note to entry: A coordinate conversion uses parameters which have specified values.

EXAMPLE 1 A mapping of ellipsoidal coordinates to Cartesian coordinates using a map projection.

EXAMPLE 2 Change of units such as from radians to degrees or from feet to metres.

ORIGIN: ISO/TC 211 Glossary of Terms - English (last updated: 2020-06-02)

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info

• status: valid
• classification: preferred
• date accepted: 2019-01-31

Review

last review performed:
(2019-01-31)
status:
final
decision:
accepted
decision event:
Publication of document ISO 19111:2019(E)
notes:
This entry supersedes the entry for coordinate conversion in ISO 19111:2007(E)