Country Europe
Country identifier
EU
CRS identifier
ETRS89
CRS alias ETRS89
Ellipsoidal CRS
CRS valid area Europe
CRS scope Geodesy, Cartography,
Geoinformation Systems, Mapping
CRS remarks
Datum identifier ETRS89
Datum alias
European Terrestrial Reference System 1989
Datum type geodetic
Datum anchor point
Datum realization epoch 1989
Datum valid area
Europe / EUREF
Datum scope European datum
consistent with ITRS at the epoch 1989.0 and fixed to the stable
part of the Eurasian continental plate for georeferencing of GIS
and geokinematic tasks
Datum remarks
see
Boucher, C., Altamimi, Z. (1992): The EUREF
Terrestrial Reference System and its First Realizations.
Veröffentlichungen der Bayerischen Kommission für die
Internationale Erdmessung, Heft 52, München 1992, pages
205-213
- or -
http://lareg.ensg.ign.fr/EUREF/
Prime meridian identifier Greenwich
Prime meridian greenwich longitude
0�
Prime meridian remarks
Ellipsoid identifier GRS
80
Ellipsoid alias New
International
Ellipsoid semi major axis 6 378 137 m
Ellipsoid shape true
Ellipsoid inverse flattening 298.257222101
Ellipsoid remarks see
Moritz, H. (1988): Geodetic Reference System 1980. Bulletin
Geodesique, The Geodesists Handbook, 1988, Internat. Union of
Geodesy and Geophysics
Coordinate system identifier
Ellipsoidal Coordinate System
Coordinate system type geodetic
Coordinate system dimension
3
Coordinate system remarks
Coordinate system axis name geodetic
latitude
Coordinate system axis direction
North
Coordinate system axis unit identifier
degree
Coordinate system axis name geodetic
longitude
Coordinate system axis direction East
Coordinate system axis unit identifier
degree
Coordinate system axis name ellipsoidal
height
Coordinate system axis direction up
Coordinate system axis unit identifier
metre
