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Table 3-17.
Spheroid String Entries
Spheroid
Character String Entry
Automatic Display
AUSTRALIAN
AU
AU0
BESSEL
BE
BE0
EVEREST
EV
EV0
INTERNATIONAL
IN
IN0
CLARKE 1880
C0
CL0
CLARKE 1866
C6
CL6
MALAYAN*
MA
MA0
* Currently not utilized
j. UTM Coordinate Entries for Present Posi-
tion.
When an incomplete set of UTM coordinate, mag-
netic variation and spheroid are entered into PPOS, refer
to table 3-18 for exceptions to waypoint dictionary en-
tries.
Table 3-18.
PPOS - Partial Entry Rules
Partial Data
Entries
Required Changes to Other Data
Grid Zone
100KM ID
Easting/ Northing
Magnetic
Variation
Spheroid
Grid Zone
Change
Change
Not Affected
Not Affected
100KM ID
Not Affected
Change
Not Affected
Not Affected
Easting/
Not Affected
Not Affected
Change Northing
Not Affected
Not Affected
Northing
Not Affected
Not Affected
Change Easting
Not Affected
Not Affected
Magnetic
Variation
Not Affected
Not Affected
Not Affected
Note 1
Not Affected
Spheroid
Not Affected
Not Affected
Not Affected
Not Affected
Note 1:
The character E or W must precede numeric values for magnetic variation. Leading and trailing zeros are
not required for magnetic variation. Entering a hyphen (-) sets the magnetic variation to no computed
data.
