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Integrating America's Elevation Data

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Prerequisite: Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

*Running VDatum requires that Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8.0 or newer version be installed on the user's computer. Since the big change from Oracle Java-11, please check JRE or JDK version and settings on your local environment before you run VDatum application.

The OpenJDK-11.0.2_Windows-x64 is bundled with this download package. Also you can modify settings to run VDatum application by using your local JRE or JDK

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Click to download vdatum_all_20230907.zip 3,065

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Customizable Download

Get the software and/or transformation grid dataset below:

I. Software (required)

Size (Mb)

vdatum_v4.6.1.zip -- supporting: 

  • Coordinate Systems transformation between Geographic, UTM, SPC and Geocentric;

  • Horizontal Datums transformation between NAD 27, NAD 83(1986) and NAD 83 (HARN);

  • Ellipsoidal Datums transformation between NAD83_2011, ITRFxx and WGS84;

  • Vertical Datums transformation between NGVD29 and NAVD88 (VERTCON), and between NAVD88 and NAD83 (EGM model is not included).

2,255

II. Dataset

Horizontal Datums Tranformation between: 

More information about NOAA/NGS's NADCON NAD27, NAD83 (1986) and HARN  1.88

Vertical Datums Transformation between: 

More information about NOAA/NGS's VERTCON NGVD29 and NAVD88  2.46
More information about NOAA/NGS's IGLD85 IGLD85 and NAVD88 1.56

NAD83 and NAVD88

More information about NOAA/NGS's GEOID12B GEOID12B  92.48
More information about NOAA/NGS's GEOID12A GEOID12A  92.48
More information about NOAA/NGS's GEOID09 GEOID09 48.8
More information about NOAA/NGS's GEOID06 GEOID06 (for Alaska only) 19.4
More information about NOAA/NGS's GEOID03 GEOID03 52.5
More information about NOAA/NGS's GEOID99 GEOID99 48.0
More information about NOAA/NGS's GEOID96 GEOID96 8.1

EGM

More information about NOAA/NGS's EGM2008 EGM2008 798.0
More information about NOAA/NGS's EGM1996 EGM1996 3.1
More information about NOAA/NGS's EGM1984 EGM1984 1.86

XGEOID

More information about NOAA/NGS's XGEOID16b XGEOID16b (BETA) 33.1
More information about NOAA/NGS's XGEOID17b XGEOID17b (BETA) 33.1
More information about NOAA/NGS's XGEOID18b XGEOID18b (BETA) 25.3
More information about NOAA/NGS's XGEOID19b XGEOID19b (BETA) 25.3

Tidal Datums:

vdatum_regional_20230907.zip [875 Mb]

Download KML files Maine/New Hampshire/Massachusetts - Gulf of Maine, Version 2.3MENHMAgome23 58.1
Download KML files New York/Connecticut/Rhode Island – Outer NY Bight, eastern Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, Version 4.4RICTbis45 25.3
Download KML files New York - The Great South Bay, Version 3.4NYgr8bay34 15.3
Download KML files New Jersey/New York/Connecticut – Northern NJ, NY Harbor, western Long Island Sound, Version 3.4NYNJhbr34 17.3
Download KML files New Jersey - coastal embayment - North, Version 1.2NJncstemb11
14.7
Download KML files New Jersey - coastal embayment - South, Version 3.2NJscstemb32
43.8
Download KML files Virginia/Maryland/Delaware/New Jersey - Mid-Atlantic Bight shelf, Version 3.3NJVAmab33 39.6
Download KML files Delaware - Delaware Bay, Version 3.3DEdelbay33 43.9
Download KML files Virginia/Maryland - East Chesapeake Bay, Version 1.1MDVAechb1.1
48.15
Download KML files Maryland - Northwest Chesapeake Bay, Version 1.1MDnwchb11_8301.1
45.72
Download KML files Virginia - Southwest Chesapeake Bay, Version 1.1VAswchb11_8301.1
45.97
Download KML files Virginia/Maryland/Delaware - Coastal embayment, Version 2.3DEVAemb23 46.1
Download KML files North Carolina - Coastal shelf, Version 1.1NCcoast11 99.5
Download KML files North Carolina - Inland waterways and sounds, Version 1.1NCinner11 9.28
Download KML files Georgia/South Carolina/North Carolina - Sapelo Island GA to New River NC, Version 3.1GASCNCsab31 36.1
Download KML files Florida/Georgia - Shelf, Fort Lauderdale FL to Sapelo Island GA, Version 4.1FLGAeastshelf41 32.7
Download KML files Florida/Georgia - Coastal waterways, Fort Lauderdale FL to Sapelo Island GA, Version 3.1FLGAeastbays31 3.87
Download KML files Florida – South Florida, Naples to Fort Lauderdale FL, and Florida Bay, Version 02FLsouth12_8301 17.7
Download KML files Florida – South Florida Inland Waterways, Version 01FLsoicw01_8301 0.2
Download KML files Florida - Anclote Key to Naples, Version 01(TSS Revised: 22Aug2013)FLwest01 15.1
Download KML files Florida - Apalachicola to Anclote Key, Version 01FLapalach01 12
Download KML files Florida - St. Joseph Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, Version 03FLjoseph01 0.2
Download KML files Florida - St. Andrew Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, Version 02FLandrew01 0.36
Download KML files Florida - Perdido, Pensacola and Choctawhatchee Bays, Version 02FLpensac01 0.84
Download KML files Florida/Alabama - Gulf of Mexico from Mobile Bay to east of Choctawhatchee Bay, Version 02ALFLgom02 4.83
Download KML files Alabama - Mobile Bay and Perdido Bay, Version 02ALmobile01 0.5
Download KML files Louisiana/Mississippi - Eastern Louisiana to Mississippi Sound, Version 02LAmobile01 29
Download KML files Louisiana/Texas - western Louisiana to Galveston Bay, Version 01LATXwest01 4.57
Download KML files Texas - Lagoons, Galveston Bay to Matagorda Island, Version 01TXlaggal01 3.04
Download KML files Texas - Shelf, Galveston Bay to Matagorda Island, Version 01TXshlgal01 4.32
Download KML files Texas - Lagoons, Matagorda Island to US/MX border, Version 01TXlagmat01 1.88
Download KML files Texas - Shelf, Matagorda Island to US/MX border, Version 01TXshlmat01 2.89
Download KML files Washington - Coastal, Version 01WAcoast00 0.92
Download KML files Washington - Strait of Juan de Fuca Inland, Version 01WAjdfin00 2.24
Download KML files Washington - Strait of Juan de Fuca, Version 04WAjdfuca14 20.3
Download KML files Washington - Puget Sound, Version 03WApuget13 9.62
Download KML files Washington/Oregon/California - Offshore, Version 01WCoffsh00 9.6
Download KML files Oregon - Coastal Inland, Version 03ORcoain00 21.6
Download KML files Oregon - Coastal, Version 01ORcoast00 13.6
Download KML files California -Monterey Bay to Morro Bay, Version 03CAmontby13 21.9
Download KML files California/Oregon - Coastal, Version 01CAoregon00 21.9
Download KML files California - San Francisco Bay Vicinity, Version 03CAsfbay13 21.9
Download KML files California - San Francisco Bay Inland, Version 01CAsfdel00 21.9
Download KML files California - Southern California Inland, Version 01CAsouin00 21.9
Download KML files California - Southern California, Version 01CAsouthn00 21.9
Download KML files Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands - Islands, Version 02PRVIis00
69.6
Download KML files Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands - Offshore, Version 02PRVIof00
7.1
Download KML files Alaska - Southeast, Yakutat to Glacier Bay, Version 01AKyakutat00
71.2
Download KML files Alaska - Southeast, Glacier Bay to Whale Bay, Version 01AKglacier00
97.1
Download KML files Alaska - Southeast, Whale Bay to US/Canada Border, Version 01AKwhale00
48.8

River Datum

Download KML files Columbia River, Version 1.0CRD 6.7