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any of the coordinate data in the Navigation System. If alti-
tude is not entered and the coordinate data is used to pre-
point, the current helicopter altitude is used. The range of
altitude entry is 900 to +20000 ft. MSL.
b. Map datums. Map datums are mathematical mod-
els of the Earth used to calculate the coordinates on maps
and charts. Currently, many datums are used throughout
the world to produce maps. The standard for US Forces is
World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84). However, many
US Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) and foreign
maps are still based on other datums. Not correcting for
different datums can cause significant errors. The coordi-
nates for a point on the Earths surface in one datum will
not match the coordinates from another datum for the
same point. The Integrated Navigation System requires
that the datum be entered with the coordinate data. If it is
not entered, it will default to the present position datum.
The datum included with each set of coordinate data al-
lows the Navigation System to calculate the compensa-
tions for different datums. Multiple datums can be used
and the Navigation System will accurately generate the
compensated navigation or prepointing data. The datum
used is identified by a 2 digit number. Table 3-21 lists all of
the datums that may be used with the Integrated Naviga-
tion System.
Table 3-21.
Datum Names and Codes
Datum
Name/Description
Datum Code Used
By Navigation
System
Adindan
01
ARC 1950
02
Australian 66
03
Bukit Rimpah: Indonesia
04
Camp Area Astro
05
Djarkarta: Indonesia
06
European 1950
07
Geodetic Datum 1949
08
Ghana
09
Guam 1963
10
Gunung Segara: Indonesia
11
Gunung Serindung: Indonesia
12
Herat North
13
Hjorsey
14
HuTzuShan
15
Table 3-21.
Datum Names and Codes (cont)
Datum
Name/Description
Datum Code Used
By Navigation
System
Indian: Mean Value For Thailand
And VietNam
16
Ireland 1965
17
Kertau: West Malaysia
18
Liberia
19
Other International
20
Luzon
21
Merchich
22
Montjong Lowe: Indonesia
23
Minna
24
North American Datum of 1927
25
NAD 27 Alaska: Canada
26
Old Hawaii: Maui
27
Old Hawaii: Oahu
28
Old Hawaii: Kauai
29
Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
1936
30
Qornoq
31
Sierra Leone 1960
32
Campo Inchauspe: Argentina
33
Chua Astro: Paraguay
34
Corrego Alegre: Brazil
35
Provisional South American 1956
36
Yacare: Uruguay
37
Tananarive: South American
1925
38
Timbali: East Malaysia
39
Tokyo: Japan: Korea: Okinawa
40
Voirol
41
Special Datum: Indian Special
42
Special Datum: Luzon
43
Tokyo Datum
44
WGS 84 Special Datum
45
SinoSoviet Bloc
46
WGS 84 Standard Datum*
47
* All FAA Sectionals and FLIP use this datum for coordi-
nate data.
