Description of CRS - ETRS89-TMzn| Attribute | Entry |
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| Country | pan-European CRS |
| Country identifier | EU |
| CRS identifier | ETRS89-TMzn |
| CRS alias | ETRS89 Transverse Mercator CRS
ETRS-TMzn
EPSG codes: 3038...3051 for zone 26...39 |
| CRS valid area | Europe |
| CRS scope | CRS for conformal pan-European mapping at scales larger
than 1 : 500 000 |
| CRS remarks | zn is the zone number, the numbering is analog UTM
(starting with 1 for 180° West increasing eastwards to
180° East) but only valid for Europe zn 26 for central
meridian 27° West to zn 39 for central meridian 51° East |
| 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 | TMzn |
| Coordinate system type | projected |
| Coordinate system dimension | 2 |
| Coordinate system remarks | Projection: Transverse Mercator in zones, 6° width in
general |
| Coordinate system axis name | N |
| Coordinate system axis direction | North |
| Coordinate system axis unit identifier | metre |
| Coordinate system axis name | E |
| Coordinate system axis direction | East |
| Coordinate system axis unit identifier | metre |
| Operation identifier | TMzn |
| Operation valid area | Europe |
| Operation scope | for conformal pan-European mapping at scales larger than
1: 500 000 |
| Operation method name | Transverse Mercator Projection |
| Operation method name alias | TMzn |
| Operation method formula | Transverse Mercator Mapping Equations, in Hooijberg,
Practical Geodesy, 1997, pages 81-84, 111-114 |
| Operation method parameters number | 8 |
| Operation method remarks |
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| 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 each zone |
| Operation parameter remarks | central meridians 27°W, 21° W, ... , 45°E, 51°E |
| Operation parameter name | false northing |
| Operation parameter value | 0 m |
| 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 | zone number zn |
| Operation parameter value | 26, 27, 28, ... , 38, 39 |
| Operation parameter remarks | |
| Operation parameter name | width of zones |
| Operation parameter value | 6° |
| Operation parameter remarks | |
| Operation parameter name | latitude limits of system |
| Operation parameter value | 0°
84° N |
| Operation parameter remarks | |