Product Manual

Adding Custom Projection to the Projection List
MAGNET Tools ver 1.0
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These parameters (shifts, rotations, and scale) specify a coordinate
transformation from the newly created reference datum to WGS84
using the following equation:
Click Ok in the New Custom Datum window to save the datum and
close the window. The custom datum is automatically added to the
datums list.
To remove the custom datum, select the desired datum in the Custom
Datums List window and click the Remove
button.
Adding Custom Projection to
the Projection List
You can create your (custom) projection in the current job and then
use this projection for other jobs. To define a custom projection, take
the following steps:
1. Click the Custom button in the Projection
field of the Setup tab.
This button is always available in the tab.
2. The Custom Projection List
window displays. In the window
click the Add
button to open the New Custom Projection
window. The General tab of the New Custom Projection window
contains all necessary fields to define a new custom projection.
Enter the following information:
• Name
–enter a name for the projection.
• Projection Type
– select the type of projection from the list
(Transverse-Mercator, Lambert, Double Stereographic,