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Coordinate Reference Systems CH Switzerland Map Projection Geodetic Reference System
graphic18. March 2001
Coordinate Reference Systems Switzerland
    • Position: 
CH1903 (LV03 - Landesvermessung 1903)
Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841
Map Projection: Swiss Oblique Mercator (by Rosenmund) 
Central Point/Datum: Bern, former Observatory
CH1903+ (LV95 - Landesvermessung 1995)
Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841
Map Projection: Swiss Oblique Mercator (by Rosenmund) 
Central Point/Datum: Zimmerwald, but Projection origin Bern, former Observatory 
All Scale Mapping: 
 
Swiss Oblique Mercator Projection on Bessel
 
 
 
    • Height: 
LN02 (Landesnivellement 1902)
Heights Type: leveled heights
Reference Point: Repère Pierre de Niton (RPN), Geneva
Reference Level: (derived from) Tide Gauge Marseilles
Geoid: CHGEO98 (Swiss Geoid 1998)
LHN95 (Landeshöhennetz 1995)
Heights Type: orthometric heights
Reference Point: Repère Pierre de Niton (RPN), Geneva
Reference Level: (derived from) Tide Gauge Marseilles
Geoid: CHGEO98 (Swiss Geoid 1998)