Description of CRS - BG_BGS2005 / UTM
AttributeEntry
CountryBulgaria
Country identifierBG
CRS identifierBG_BGS2005 / UTM
CRS alias
EPSG-codes 7803, 7804
CRS valid areaBulgaria
CRS scopebasis for surveying activities, large scale topographic and base mapping
CRS remarks
Datum identifierETRS89
Datum alias
Bulgarian Geodetic System 2005 (BGS2005)
Datum typegeodetic
Datum anchor point
densification of ETRS89 realised through network of 112 
permanent GNSS reference stations 
Datum realization epoch2005.0
Datum valid area
Bulgaria, Europe
Datum scope
Datum remarks
consistent with ETRS89, realization ETRF2000, epoch 2005.0
Prime meridian identifierGreenwich
Prime meridian greenwich longitude
Prime meridian remarks
Ellipsoid identifierGRS 80
Ellipsoid aliasNew International
Ellipsoid semi major axis6 378 137 m
Ellipsoid shapetrue
Ellipsoid inverse flattening298.257222101
Ellipsoid remarkssee Moritz, H. (1988): Geodetic Reference System 1980. Bulletin Geodesique, The Geodesists Handbook, 1988, Internat. Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
Coordinate system identifierUniversal Transverse Mercator
Coordinate system typeprojected
Coordinate system dimension2
Coordinate system remarksProjection: Transverse Mercator in zones, 6° width in general
Coordinate system axis namenorthing / N
Coordinate system axis directionNorth
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Coordinate system axis nameeasting / E
Coordinate system axis directionEast
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Operation identifierUniversal Transverse Mercator
Operation valid areain general: world-wide
Operation scope
Operation method nameUniversal Transverse Mercator Projection
Operation method name alias
Operation method formula
Transverse Mercator Mapping Equations, in Hooijberg, 
Practical Geodesy, 1997, pages 81-84, 111-114 
Operation method parameters number9
Operation method remarks
Operation parameter namelatitude of origin
Operation parameter value
Operation parameter remarksthe Equator
Operation parameter namelongitude of origin
Operation parameter value
for BG: 21 ° E, 27° E
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse northing
Operation parameter value
0m for northern hemispere (e.g. Bulgaria)
10 000m for southern hemisphere
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse easting
Operation parameter value
500 000m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namescale factor at central meridian
Operation parameter value
0.9996
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namewidth of zones
Operation parameter value
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namezone number n
Operation parameter value
in general: 1…60
for BG: zone 34 and 35
Operation parameter remarkszone number 1 from 180° West increasing eastwards
Operation parameter nameLatitude limits of system
Operation parameter value
84° N
80° S
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namelimits of zones
Operation parameter value
by meridians whose longitude are multiples of 6° West / 
6° East of Greenwich 
Operation parameter remarks