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ETRS89 Specs based on iso 19111 Geodetic Reference System
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