Description of CRS - NO_ETRS89 / UTM| Attribute | Entry |
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| Country | Norway |
| Country identifier | NO |
| CRS identifier | NO_ETRS89 / UTM |
| CRS alias | EUREF89 / UTM |
| CRS valid area | Norway |
| CRS scope | |
| CRS remarks | introduce 1993, ETRS89 adapted in Norway in 1997 as new
national CRS (in practice since 30-May-1997) |
| Datum identifier | ETRS89 |
| Datum alias | European Terrestrial Reference System 1989 |
| Datum type | geodetic |
| Datum anchor point | ITRF94 |
| Datum realization epoch | |
| Datum valid area | in general: Europe,
in this realisation: Norway |
| Datum scope |
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| Datum remarks |
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| 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 | Universal Transverse Mercator |
| Coordinate system type | projected |
| Coordinate system dimension | 2 |
| Coordinate system remarks | Projection: Transverse Mercator in zones, 6° width in
general |
| Coordinate system axis name | northing / N |
| Coordinate system axis direction | North |
| Coordinate system axis unit identifier | metre |
| Coordinate system axis name | easting / E |
| Coordinate system axis direction | East |
| Coordinate system axis unit identifier | metre |
| Operation identifier | Universal Transverse Mercator |
| Operation valid area | in general: world-wide |
| Operation scope | |
| Operation method name | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection |
| Operation method name alias |
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| Operation method formula | Transverse Mercator Mapping Equations, in Hooijberg,
Practical Geodesy, 1997, pages 81-84, 111-114 |
| Operation method parameters number | 9 |
| Operation method remarks | with extended zones 32, 33 and 35 due the scale factor
0.9996 and the high latitudes for Norway, zone 34 was
droped out, standard definition of UTM over 72° N are
extended southwards to 56° N for zones 33 and 35
see more details in:
Harsson, B. G.: National Report of Norway.
Veröffentlichungen der Bayerischen Kommission für die
Internationale Erdmessung, Heft 61, München 2000, page 283 |
| Operation parameter name | latitude of origin |
| Operation parameter value | 0° |
| Operation parameter remarks | 0°, the Equator |
| Operation parameter name | longitude of origin |
| Operation parameter value | central meridian (CM) of zone
for NO: 9° E, 15° E, 27° E in use |
| Operation parameter remarks | in general: central meridians ...,3° W, 3° E, 9° E,
15° E, 21° E,... |
| Operation parameter name | false northing |
| Operation parameter value | 0 m for northern hemisphere
10 000 000 m for southern hemisphere |
| Operation parameter remarks | |
| Operation parameter name | false easting |
| Operation parameter value | 500 000 m |
| Operation parameter remarks | |
| Operation parameter name | scale factor at central meridian |
| Operation parameter value | 0.9996 |
| Operation parameter remarks | |
| Operation parameter name | width of zones |
| Operation parameter value | in general: 6°
for NO: zones more than 6° |
| Operation parameter remarks | zones are extended due the scale factor 0.9996 and the
high latitudes |
| Operation parameter name | zone number n |
| Operation parameter value | in general: 1...60
for NO: zone 32, 33 and 35 |
| Operation parameter remarks | zone number 1 from 180° West increasing eastwards e.g.
for Central Meridian 9° - zone number 32 |
| Operation parameter name | latitude limits of system |
| Operation parameter value | 84° North
80° South |
| Operation parameter remarks | |
| Operation parameter name | limits of zones |
| Operation parameter value | in general: by meridians whose longitudes are multiples of
6° West / 6° East of Greenwich
for NO: zones extended |
| Operation parameter remarks | |