Ce tableau répertorie les ellipsoïdes prédéfinis qui peuvent être utilisés dans les définitions de systèmes de coordonnées et de points de référence. Notez que chaque définition de système de coordonnées doit spécifier soit un point de référence, soit un ellipsoïde.
| Ellipsoïde | Description |
|---|---|
| AIRY30 | Airy, 1830 |
| AIRY49 | Airy, 1848 |
| AIRY-MOD | Airy, Modifié en 1849 |
| AIRY-WO | Airy War Office |
| APL4-5 | A.P.L./4.5 |
| AT77 | Average Terrestrial System 1977 |
| ATS | Average Terrestial System 1977, New Brunswick |
| AUSSIE | Australian National Spheroid, 1965 |
| AUSSIE52 | Australian (AIG), 1952 |
| AUSTRALIAN165 | Australian 165 (1962) |
| BESL-JPN | Bessel - 1841, Japan GSI |
| BESL-MOD | Bessel Modified, NGO Norway |
| BESL-NGO | Bessel Modified, NGO Norway |
| BESL-NMB | Bessel, Namibia |
| BESLNMB-GLM | Bessel Namibia (GLM) |
| BESL-TRI | Bessel Triangulation, RT 90 Sweden |
| BESSEL | Bessel, 1841 |
| BESSEL-NORWAY | Norwegian National Ellipsoid (NGO) |
| BPCNC | Sphère ayant un volume égal à l'ellipsoïde international. |
| CHINA-80 | Système de référence géodésique de Chine, 1980 |
| CLARKE1866/INTNLFT | Clarke 1880 (pied international) |
| CLARKE66AUTHALICSPHERE | Clarke 1866 Authalic Sphere |
| CLRK22 | Clarke 1922, IGN |
| CLRK58 | Clarke 1858 |
| CLRK66 | Clarke 1866, Benoit Ratio |
| CLRK80 | Clarke 1880, RGS |
| CLRK80-BEN | Clarke 1880, Benoit Ratio |
| CLRK80-FIJI | Clarke 1880, Fiji |
| CLRK80-STRASSER | Clarke 1880 |
| CLRK80-SYRIA | Clarke 1880, Fiji |
| CLRK85 | Clarke 1885 |
| CLRK-ARC | Clarke 1880, ARC |
| CLRK-IGN | Clarke 1880, Institut Geographique National (France) |
| CLRK-MOD | Clarke 1880, Modifié pour Israël (Palestine) |
| CLRK-PAL | Clarke Palestine |
| CLRK-RGS | Clark 1880, RGS |
| CLRKS | Clarke 1866, Spherical |
| COMMUNE | Communite des Poids et Measures, 1799 |
| DANEMARK | Danemark |
| DANISH | Danish or Andrae |
| DELA1810 | Delambre, 1810 |
| DELA-BELGE | Delambre 1810, Belgium |
| DELAMBRE1800 | Delambre (1800) |
| DELA-MOD | Delambre Modified, Hydro |
| ENGELIS | Engelis 1985 |
| EVEREST | Everest Indian, 1830 (1937 Adjustment) |
| EVEREST1830 | Everest (1830 Definition) |
| EVEREST1830/67 | Everest 1830 (1967 Definition) |
| EVEREST1830DEF62 | Everest 1830 (1962 Definition) |
| EVEREST1830DEF75 | Everest 1830 (1975 Definition) |
| EVEREST1830M_BSP | Everest 1830 Modified for BSP |
| EVEREST1969/RSO | Everest 1830 (RSO 1969) |
| EVERESTPAKISTAN | Ellipsoid for Everest Pakistan |
| EVRST-67 | Everest 1967, East Malaysia (uses Sears 1928 inch-metre ratio) |
| EVRST-BORNEO | Everest, Brunei |
| EVRST-BR | Everest, Brunei |
| EVRST-IM | Everest Imperial, 1830 |
| EVRST-IM-M | Everest Imperial 1830, 1975 definition after metrication |
| EVRST-IN | Everest India, 1956 |
| EVRST-MALAY | Everest, Malaysia 1969 |
| EVRST-MD | Everest 1830, Modified Malaysia and Singapore 1948 |
| EVRST-PK | Everest Pakistan |
| EVRST-PK-M | Everest Imperial 1830, 1962 definition after metrication |
| EVRST-TM | Everest 1830, Timbalai (1967 Adjustment) |
| FSHR1960 | Fischer, 1960 (Mercury) |
| FSHR1968 | Fischer, 1968 |
| FSHR60MD | Modified Fischer, 1960 (South Asia) |
| GEM-10C | GEM 10C |
| GERMAINE | Germaine, Djibouti |
| GHANA-WO | Ghana -- Labeled 'War Office', given in feet, assumed IFOOT |
| GRS1967 | Geodetic Reference System, 1967 |
| GRS1967-MOD | Geodetic Reference System, 1967, Taiwan |
| GRS1980 | Geodetic Reference System of 1980 |
| GRS1980-JPN | Geodetic Reference System of Japan, 1980 |
| GRS1980-MOD | Geodetic Reference System of 1980, Taiwan |
| GRS80_NO_FLATTENING | GRS80 Sphere (No Flattening) |
| GRS80SPHEREAUTHALIC | GRS 1980 Authalic Sphere |
| HAYFORD | Hayford, 1924 (aka 1909); same as International 1924 |
| HAYFORD1906 | Hayford (1906) |
| HEIS-29 | Heiskanen, 1929 |
| HEISKANEN1926 | Heiskanen (1926) |
| HELMERT1907 | Helmert (1907) |
| HLMRT06 | Helmert, 1906 (also known as Helmert 1907) |
| HOLLAND | Holland |
| HOUGH | Hough |
| Hughes1980 | Hughes 1980 |
| ID74 | Indonesian 1974 |
| INDO74 | Indonesian National Spheroid, 1974 |
| INDONESIANNTL | Indonesian National Spheroid |
| Intnl24AuthalicSphere | Internat8ional [International] 1924 Authalic Sphere |
| INTNL | International - 1924 |
| IUGG-67 | IUGG Reference Ellipsoid, 1967 |
| IUGG75 | IUGG 1975 Ellipsoid |
| IUGG-75 | IUGG Reference Ellipsoid, 1975 (IAG 75) |
| IUGG-75-MOD | IUGG Reference Ellipsoid, 1975 (Modified) |
| JEFF-48 | Jeffreys, 1948 |
| KAULA1961 | Kaula 1961 Ellipsoid |
| KAULA1964 | Kaula (1964) |
| KRASOV | Krassovsky - 1940/1948 |
| KRASOVSKY1936 | Krasovsky (1936) |
| KRAYEN | Krayenhoff 1827 |
| LEDERSTEGER1951 | Ledersteger (1951) |
| LERCH | Lerch 1979 |
| MAUPERT | Maupertius 1738 |
| MERIT-83 | MERIT 83 |
| MICHIGAN | Michigan - Based on Clarke 1866 + 800 feet. |
| NEWINT-67 | New International, 1967 |
| NWL-10D | NWL-10D |
| NWL-9D | NWL-9D, Naval Weapons Laboratory |
| OSU86F | OSU86F, Used for OSU86 gravity potential (geoidal) model |
| OSU86F-MOD | OSU86F modified, Used for OSU86 gravity potential (geoidal) model |
| OSU91A | OSU91A, Used for OSU91 gravity potential (geoidal) model |
| OSU91A-MOD | OSU91A modified, Used for OSU91 gravity potential (geoidal) model |
| PLESSIS | Plessis, 1817 |
| PLESSIS-R | Plessis Reconstituted |
| PRATT1863 | Pratt (1863) |
| PZ-90 | PZ-90 |
| SA1969 | South American 1969 |
| SACLRK80 | Clarke 1880, South Africa modified |
| SCHMIDT | Schmidt 1831, Switzerland |
| SGS85 | Soviet Geodetic System 1985 |
| SGS90 | Soviet Geodetic System 1990 |
| SPHERE | Sphere of radius 6370997 |
| STRU1860 | Struve, 1860 |
| SVANBERG | Svanberg |
| T-BPCNC | Sphere for testing Bipolar Oblique Conformal COnic |
| UNITE | Unit ellipsoid, testing only. Eccentricity same as Clarke 66. |
| UNITS | Unit sphere, testing only |
| UNITS3 | 3.0 Unit sphere, testing only |
| VEIS1964 | Veis (1964) |
| VisualisationSphere | Popular Visualisation Sphere |
| WALB | Walbeck 1819 (Planheft 1942) |
| WALB-AMS | Walbeck 1819 (AMS 1963) |
| WAR_OFC | War Office, McCaw |
| WAROFFICE | War Office |
| WGS60 | World Geodetic System of 1960 |
| WGS66 | World Geodetic System of 1966, NWL 8D |
| WGS67 | World Geodetic System of 1967, Lucerne |
| WGS72 | World Geodetic System of 1972 |
| WGS84 | World Geodetic System of 1984, GEM 10C |
| XIAN | Xian 1980, China |
| XIAN80 | Xian 1980 |
| YELLOW | Yellow Sea, China 1956 |