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

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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