Description of CRS - LU_LUREF / LU_TM
AttributeEntry
CountryLuxembourg
Country identifierLU
CRS identifierLU_LUREF / LU_TM
CRS alias
CRS valid areaLuxembourg
CRS scope
CRS remarks
Datum identifierLUREF
Datum alias
Datum typegeodetic
Datum anchor point
Belgium, Northern Station of the basline near Habay-la-Neuve
Datum realization epoch1930
Datum valid area
Luxembourg
Datum scope
Datum remarks
Prime meridian identifierGreenwich
Prime meridian greenwich longitude
Prime meridian remarks
Ellipsoid identifierHayford 1909
Ellipsoid aliasInternational 1924
Ellipsoid semi major axis6 378 388 m
Ellipsoid shapetrue
Ellipsoid inverse flattening297
Ellipsoid remarks
Coordinate system identifierLU_TM
Coordinate system typeprojected
Coordinate system dimension2
Coordinate system remarks
Coordinate system axis nameX / northing
Coordinate system axis directionNorth
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Coordinate system axis nameY / easting
Coordinate system axis directionEast
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Operation identifierLU_TM
Operation valid areaLuxembourg
Operation scope
Operation method nameTransverse Mercator Projection
Operation method name alias
Gauß Krüger Projection
Operation method formula
Transverse Mercator Mapping Equations, in Hooijberg, 
Practical Geodesy, 1997, pages 81-84 
Operation method parameters number5
Operation method remarks
in LU also referred to as Gauss Projection
Operation parameter namelatitude of origin
Operation parameter value
49°50' N
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namelongitude of origin
Operation parameter value
6°10' E
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse northing
Operation parameter value
100 000 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse easting
Operation parameter value
80 000 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namescale factor at central meridian
Operation parameter value
1.0000
Operation parameter remarks