Description of CRS - FR_RGF93 / LAMB93
AttributeEntry
CountryFrance
Country identifierFR
CRS identifierFR_RGF93 / LAMB93
CRS alias
CRS valid areaFrance
CRS scope
CRS remarks
Datum identifierRGF93
Datum alias
Reseau Geodesique Francais
Datum typegeodetic
Datum anchor point
geocentric
Datum realization epoch1993
Datum valid area
France
Datum scope
Datum remarks
RGF93 is a 3-dimensional and geocentric datum defined from 
the European reference system ETRS89 (therefore no 
transformation parameters to ETRS89 necessary) 
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 identifierLAMB93
Coordinate system typeprojected
Coordinate system dimension2
Coordinate system remarks
Coordinate system axis namenorthing
Coordinate system axis directionNorth
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Coordinate system axis nameeasting
Coordinate system axis directionEast
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Operation identifierLAMB93
Operation valid areaFrance
Operation scopeapplication area: latitude 41° N ... 51° N
Operation method nameLambert Conformal Conic Projection with 2 standard parallels
Operation method name alias
Operation method formula
A. Harmel and M. Le Pape:
Lambert-93, projection asscoiee au system geodesique 
RGF93, IGN, December 1996 
Operation method parameters number6
Operation method remarks
Operation parameter namelower parallel
Operation parameter value
44° N
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter nameupper parallel
Operation parameter value
49° N
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namelatitude grid origin
Operation parameter value
46°30' N
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namelongitude grid origin
Operation parameter value
3° E
Operation parameter remarkswrt to Greenwich
Operation parameter namefalse northing
Operation parameter value
6 600 000 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse easting
Operation parameter value
700 000 m
Operation parameter remarks