Introducing JViews Maps > Basic Concepts > Map Preparation > Coordinate System

JViews Maps can transform coordinates delivered by one geodetic system to those based on another. For example, you can transform coordinates from a satellite-based system to those based on the national geodetic system of a particular country. Additionally you can set the ellipsoid and the datum you require.

Projections

JViews Maps supports the following projections:

Azimuthal Equidistant 
Cassini 
Albers Equal Area 
Lambert Equal Area 
Lambert Conformal Conic 
French Lambert 
Cylindrical equal Area 
Eckert 4 
Eckert 6 
Equidistant Cylindrical 
Geographic 
Gnomonic 
Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area 
Mercator 
Miller Cylindrical 
Mollweide 
Oblique Mercator 
Orthographic 
Polyconic 
Robinson 
Sinusoidal 
Stereographic 
Polar Stereographic 
Universal Polar Stereographic 
Transverse Mercator 
Universal Transverse Mercator 
Wagner 4 
User defined 

The projection system is flexible and extensible. For example, you can develop your own specific projection algorithms and integrate them with the product.

Ellipsoid

Each projection system supports configurable ellipsoids:

You can define your own ellipsoids, entering the major axis and inverse flattening values.

Datum

JViews Maps comes with more than 200 predefined datum.

Transformation

For accuracy up to a meter, ILOG JViews Maps provides the following DATUM transformation method:

Custom Transformation

You can develop your own DATUM algorithm. APIs allow access to the data model and return computational results for display.