Coordinate
Reference System (CRS)
A combination of
at least one coordinate system together with its spatial datum. In
a CRS, positions or locations of geographic information are
described by coordinates.
spatial positions are
described by coordinates
in a coordinate reference system -
coordinate reference systems of geodata
have to be homogenized when
different geodata sets are combined
[Voser
1996, Voser 1998, Voser
2007, p.7]