Map projections

HCL® Informix® spatial data types support many map projections.

The following table lists a representative sample of the map projections supported by the HCL® Informix® spatial data types. For a complete list of supported map projections, see the file INFORMIXDIR/extend/spatial.version/include/pedef.h.
Table 1. Map projections
Factory ID Description OGC well-known text string
43001 Plate Carree PROJECTION["Plate_Carree"]
43002 Equidistant Cylindrical PROJECTION["Equidistant_Cylindrical"]
43003 Miller Cylindrical PROJECTION["Miller_Cylindrical"]
43004 Mercator PROJECTION["Mercator"]
43005 Gauss-Kruger PROJECTION["Gauss_Kruger"]
43006 Transverse Mercator PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"]
43007 Albers PROJECTION["Albers"]
43008 Sinusoidal PROJECTION["Sinusoidal"]
43009 Mollweide PROJECTION["Mollweide"]
43010 Eckert VI PROJECTION["Eckert_VI"]
43011 Eckert V PROJECTION["Eckert_V"]
43012 Eckert IV PROJECTION["Eckert_IV"]
43013 Eckert III PROJECTION["Eckert_III"]
43014 Eckert II PROJECTION["Eckert_II"]
43015 Eckert I PROJECTION["Eckert_I"]
43016 Gall Stereographic PROJECTION["Gall_Stereographic"]
43017 Behrmann PROJECTION["Behrmann"]
43018 Winkel I PROJECTION["Winkel_I"]
43019 Winkel II PROJECTION["Winkel_II"]
43020 Lambert Conformal Conic PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"]
43021 Polyconic PROJECTION["Polyconic"]
43022 Quartic Authalic PROJECTION["Quartic_Authalic"]
43023 Loximuthal PROJECTION["Loximuthal"]
43024 Bonne PROJECTION["Bonne"]
43025 Hotine 2 Pt Natural Origin PROJECTION["Hotine_Oblique_Mercator_Two_ Point_Natural_Origin"]
43026 Stereographic PROJECTION["Stereographic"]
43027 Equidistant Conic PROJECTION["Equidistant_Conic"]
43028 Cassini PROJECTION["Cassini"]
43029 Van der Grinten I PROJECTION["Van_der_Grinten_I"]
43030 Robinson PROJECTION["Robinson"]
43031 Two-Point Equidistant PROJECTION["Two_Point_Equidistant"]
43032 Azimuthal Equidistant PROJECTION["Azimuthal_Equidistant"]
43033 Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area PROJECTION["Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area"]
43034 Cylindrical Equal Area PROJECTION["Cylindrical_Equal_Area"]
43035 Hotine 2 Point Center PROJECTION["Hotine_Oblique_Mercator_Two_ Point_Center"]
43036 Hotine Azimuth Natural Origin PROJECTION["Hotine_Oblique_Mercator_Azimuth _Natural_Origin"]
43037 Hotine Azimuth Center PROJECTION["Hotine_Oblique_Mercator_Azimuth _Center"]
43038 Double Stereographic PROJECTION["Double_Stereographic"]
43039 Krovak Oblique Lambert PROJECTION["Krovak"]
43040 New Zealand Map Grid PROJECTION["New_Zealand_Map_Grid"]
43041 Orthographic PROJECTION["Orthographic"]
43042 Winkel Tripel PROJECTION["Winkel_Tripel"]
43043 Aitoff PROJECTION["Aitoff"]
43044 Hammer Aitoff PROJECTION["Hammer_Aitoff"]
43045 Flat Polar Quartic PROJECTION["Flat_Polar_Quartic"]
43046 Craster Parabolic PROJECTION["Craster_Parabolic"]
43047 Gnomonic PROJECTION["Gnomonic"]
43048 Bartholomew Times PROJECTION["Times"]
43049 Vertical Near-Side Perspective PROJECTION["Vertical_Near_Side_Perspective"]