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CS2CS(1) PROJ CS2CS(1) NAME cs2cs - Cartographic coordinate system filter SYNOPSIS cs2cs [-eEfIlrstvwW [args]] [[--area <name_or_code>] | [--bbox <west_long,south_lat,east_long,north_lat>]] [--authority <name>] [--3d] [--accuracy <accuracy>] [--only-best[=yes|=no]] [--no-ballpark] [--s_epoch {epoch}] [--t_epoch {epoch}] ([+opt[=arg] ...] [+to +opt[=arg] ...] | {source_crs} {target_crs}) file ... where {source_crs} or {target_crs} is one of the possibilities ac- cepted by proj_create(), provided it expresses a CRS • a proj-string, • a WKT string, • an object code (like "EPSG:4326", "urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326", "urn:ogc:def:coordinateOperation:EPSG::1671"), • an Object name. e.g "WGS 84", "WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N". In that case as uniqueness is not guaranteed, heuristics are applied to determine the appropriate best match. • a CRS name and a coordinate epoch, separated with '@'. For example "ITRF2014@2025.0". (added in 9.2) • a OGC URN combining references for compound coordinate reference systems (e.g "urn:ogc:def:crs,crs:EPSG::2393,crs:EPSG::5717" or custom abbreviated syntax "EPSG:2393+5717"), • a OGC URN combining references for references for projected or de- rived CRSs e.g. for Projected 3D CRS "UTM zone 31N / WGS 84 (3D)": "- urn:ogc:def:crs,crs:EPSG::4979,cs:PROJ::ENh,coordinateOpera- tion:EPSG::16031" (added in 6.2) • a OGC URN combining references for concatenated operations (e.g. "- urn:ogc:def:coordinateOperation,coordinateOperation:EPSG::3895,co- ordinateOperation:EPSG::1618") • a PROJJSON string. The jsonschema is at https://proj.org/schemas/v0.4/projjson.schema.json (added in 6.2) • a compound CRS made from two object names separated with " + ". e.g. "WGS 84 + EGM96 height" (added in 7.1) New in version 6.0.0. NOTE: before 7.0.1, it was needed to add +to between {source_crs} and {target_crs} when adding a filename DESCRIPTION cs2cs performs transformation between the source and destination carto- graphic coordinate reference system on a set of input points. The coor- dinate reference system transformation can include translation between projected and geographic coordinates as well as the application of da- tum shifts. The following control parameters can appear in any order: -I Method to specify inverse translation, convert from +to coordi- nate system to the primary coordinate system defined. -t<a> Where a specifies a character employed as the first character to denote a control line to be passed through without processing. This option applicable to ASCII input only. (# is the default value). -d <n> New in version 5.2.0. Specify the number of decimals to round to in the output. -e <string> Where string is an arbitrary string to be output if an error is detected during data transformations. The default value is a three character string: *\t*. -E Causes the input coordinates to be copied to the output line prior to printing the converted values. -l<[=id]> List projection identifiers that can be selected with +proj. cs2cs -l=id gives expanded description of projection id, e.g. cs2cs -l=merc. -lp List of all projection id that can be used with the +proj para- meter. Equivalent to cs2cs -l. -lP Expanded description of all projections that can be used with the +proj parameter. -le List of all ellipsoids that can be selected with the +ellps pa- rameters. -lm List of hard-coded prime meridians that can be selected with the +pm parameter. Note that this list is no longer updated, and some values may conflict with other sources. -lu List of all distance units that can be selected with the +units parameter. -r This options reverses the order of the first two expected inputs from that specified by the CRS to the opposite order. The third coordinate, typically height, remains third. -s This options reverses the order of the first two expected out- puts from that specified by the CRS to the opposite order. The third coordinate, typically height, remains third. -f <format> Where format is a printf format string to control the form of the output values. For inverse projections, the output will be in degrees when this option is employed. If a format is speci- fied for inverse projection the output data will be in decimal degrees. The default format is "%.2f" for forward projection and DMS for inverse. -w<n> Where n is the number of significant fractional digits to employ for seconds output (when the option is not specified, -w3 is as- sumed). -W<n> Where n is the number of significant fractional digits to employ for seconds output. When -W is employed the fields will be con- stant width with leading zeroes. Valid range: -W0 through -W8. -v Causes a listing of cartographic control parameters tested for and used by the program to be printed prior to input data. --area <name_or_code> New in version 8.0.0. Specify an area of interest to restrict the results when re- searching coordinate operations between 2 CRS. The area of in- terest can be specified either as a name (e.g "Denmark - on- shore") or a AUTHORITY:CODE (EPSG:3237) This option is mutually exclusive with --bbox. --bbox <west_long,south_lat,east_long,north_lat> New in version 8.0.0. Specify an area of interest to restrict the results when re- searching coordinate operations between 2 CRS. The area of in- terest is specified as a bounding box with geographic coordi- nates, expressed in degrees in a unspecified geographic CRS. west_long and east_long should be in the [-180,180] range, and south_lat and north_lat in the [-90,90]. west_long is generally lower than east_long, except in the case where the area of in- terest crosses the antimeridian. --only-best[=yes|=no] New in version 9.2.0. Force cs2cs to only use the best transformation known by PROJ. cs2cs will return an error if a grid needed for the best trans- formation is missing. Best transformation should be understood as the most accurate transformation available among all relevant for the point to transform, and if all known grids required to perform such transformation were accessible (either locally or through net- work). Note that the default value for this option can be also set with the PROJ_ONLY_BEST_DEFAULT environment variable, or with the only_best_default setting of proj.ini (--only-best when speci- fied overrides such default value). --no-ballpark New in version 8.0.0. Disallow any coordinate operation that is, or contains, a Ballpark transformation --accuracy <accuracy> New in version 8.0.0. Sets the minimum desired accuracy for candidate coordinate oper- ations. --authority <name> New in version 8.0.0. This option can be used to restrict the authority of coordinate operations looked up in the database. When not specified, coor- dinate operations from any authority will be searched, with the restrictions set in the authority_to_authority_preference data- base table related to the authority of the source/target CRS themselves. If authority is set to any, then coordinate opera- tions from any authority will be searched If authority is a non-empty string different of any, then coordinate operations will be searched only in that authority namespace (e.g EPSG). This option is mutually exclusive with --bbox. --3d New in version 9.1. "Promote" 2D CRS(s) to their 3D version, where the vertical axis is the ellipsoidal height in metres, using the ellipsoid of the base geodetic CRS. Depending on PROJ versions and the exact na- ture of the CRS involved, especially before PROJ 9.1, a mix of 2D and 3D CRS could lead to 2D or 3D transformations. Starting with PROJ 9.1, both CRS need to be 3D for vertical transforma- tion to possibly happen. --s_epoch New in version 9.4. Epoch of coordinates in the source CRS, as decimal year. Only applies to a dynamic CRS. --t_epoch New in version 9.4. Epoch of coordinates in the target CRS, as decimal year. Only applies to a dynamic CRS. The +opt run-line arguments are associated with cartographic parame- ters. The cs2cs program requires two coordinate reference system (CRS) defin- itions. The first (or primary is defined based on all projection para- meters not appearing after the +to argument. All projection parameters appearing after the +to argument are considered the definition of the second CRS. If there is no second CRS defined, a geographic CRS based on the datum and ellipsoid of the source CRS is assumed. Note that the source and destination CRS can both of same or different nature (geo- graphic, projected, compound CRS), or one of each and may have the same or different datums. When using a WKT definition or a AUTHORITY:CODE, the axis order of the CRS will be enforced. So for example if using EPSG:4326, the first value expected (or returned) will be a latitude. Internally, cs2cs uses the proj_create_crs_to_crs() function to compute the appropriate coordinate operation, so implementation details of this function directly impact the results returned by the program. The environment parameter PROJ_DATA establishes the directory for re- source files (database, datum shift grids, etc.) One or more files (processed in left to right order) specify the source of data to be transformed. A - will specify the location of processing standard input. If no files are specified, the input is assumed to be from stdin. For input data the two data values must be in the first two white space separated fields and when both input and output are ASCII all trailing portions of the input line are appended to the out- put line. Input geographic data (longitude and latitude) must be in DMS or deci- mal degrees format and input cartesian data must be in units consistent with the ellipsoid major axis or sphere radius units. Output geographic coordinates will normally be in DMS format (use -f %.12f for decimal degrees with 12 decimal places), while projected (cartesian) coordi- nates will be in linear (meter, feet) units. Use of remote grids New in version 7.0.0. If the PROJ_NETWORK environment variable is set to ON, cs2cs will at- tempt to use remote grids stored on CDN (Content Delivery Network) storage, when they are not available locally. More details are available in the Network capabilities section. EXAMPLES Using PROJ strings The following script cs2cs +proj=latlong +datum=NAD83 +to +proj=utm +zone=10 +datum=NAD27 -r <<EOF 4515'33.1" 111.5W 45d15.551666667N -111d30 +45.25919444444 111d30'000w EOF will transform the input NAD83 geographic coordinates into NAD27 coor- dinates in the UTM projection with zone 10 selected. The geographic values of this example are equivalent and meant as examples of various forms of DMS input. The x-y output data will appear as three lines of: 1402285.93 5076292.58 0.00 To get those exact values, you have need to have all current grids in- stalled (in that instance the NADCON5 us_noaa_nad- con5_nad27_nad83_1986_conus.tif grid) locally or use networking capa- bilities mentioned above. To make sure you will get the optimal result, you may add --only-best. Assuming the above mentioned grid is not available, echo -111.5 45.25919444444 | cs2cs --only-best +proj=latlong +datum=NAD83 +to +proj=utm +zone=10 +datum=NAD27 would return: Attempt to use coordinate operation axis order change (2D) + Inverse of NAD27 to NAD83 (7) + axis order change (2D) + UTM zone 10N failed. Grid us_noaa_nadcon5_nad27_nad83_1986_conus.tif is not available. Consult https://proj.org/resource_files.html for guidance. * * inf Otherwise, if you don't have the grid available and you don't specify --only-best: echo -111.5 45.25919444444 | cs2cs --only-best +proj=latlong +datum=NAD83 +to +proj=utm +zone=10 +datum=NAD27 would return: 1402224.57 5076275.42 0.00 which is the result when the NAD27 and NAD83 datums are dealt as iden- tical, which is an approximation at a level of several tens of metres. Using EPSG CRS codes Transforming from WGS 84 latitude/longitude (in that order) to UTM Zone 31N/WGS 84 cs2cs EPSG:4326 EPSG:32631 <<EOF 45N 2E EOF outputs 421184.70 4983436.77 0.00 Using EPSG CRS names Transforming from WGS 84 latitude/longitude (in that order) with EGM96 height to UTM Zone 31N/WGS 84 with WGS84 ellipsoidal height echo 45 2 0 | cs2cs "WGS 84 + EGM96 height" "WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N" --3d outputs 421184.70 4983436.77 50.69 NOTE: To get those exact values, you have need to have the EGM96 grid in- stalled locally or use networking capabilities mentioned above. SEE ALSO proj(1), cct(1), geod(1), gie(1), projinfo(1), projsync(1) BUGS A list of known bugs can be found at https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues where new bug reports can be sub- mitted to. HOME PAGE https://proj.org/ AUTHOR Frank Warmerdam COPYRIGHT 1983-2025, PROJ contributors 9.6 15 Mar 2025 CS2CS(1)
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