Description of CRS - ETRS89-XYZ| Attribute | Entry |
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| Country | pan-European CRS |
| Country identifier | EU |
| CRS identifier | ETRS89-XYZ |
| CRS alias | ETRS89 Cartesian CRS
ETRS89 / (X, Y, Z)
EPSG code: 4936 |
| CRS valid area | Europe |
| CRS scope | |
| CRS remarks |
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| 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 | Cartesian Coordinate System |
| Coordinate system type | cartesian |
| Coordinate system dimension | 3 |
| Coordinate system remarks | |
| Coordinate system axis name | X |
| Coordinate system axis direction | from the centre of the ellipsoid to the intersection of
the equator and Greenwich meridian |
| Coordinate system axis unit identifier | metre |
| Coordinate system axis name | Y |
| Coordinate system axis direction | from the centre of the ellipsoid to the intersection of
the equator and 90° east meridian |
| Coordinate system axis unit identifier | metre |
| Coordinate system axis name | Z |
| Coordinate system axis direction | from the centre of the ellipsoid to the intersection of
geographic north pole |
| Coordinate system axis unit identifier | metre |