Description of CRS - ETRS89-LatLonh| Attribute | Entry |
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| Country | pan-European CRS |
| Country identifier | EU |
| CRS identifier | ETRS89-LatLonh |
| CRS alias | ETRS89 Ellipsoidal CRS
in INSPIRE: ETRS89-GRS80h
EPSG code: 4937 |
| CRS valid area | Europe |
| CRS scope | Geodesy, Cartography, Geoinformation Systems, Mapping |
| CRS remarks | primary coordinate system (CS), basis for all projected
CS of ETRS89 |
| Datum identifier | ETRS89 |
| Datum alias | European Terrestrial Reference System 1989 |
| Datum type | geodetic |
| Datum anchor point |
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| Datum realization epoch | |
| Datum valid area | Europe |
| 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
- or -
http://etrs89.ensg.ign.fr/ |
| 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 |