Description of CRS - LV_LKS-92 / LV_TM| Attribute | Entry |
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| Country | Latvia |
| Country identifier | LV |
| CRS identifier | LV_LKS-92 / LV_TM |
| CRS alias |
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| CRS valid area | Latvia |
| CRS scope | |
| CRS remarks | The LKS-92 coordinates are determined from the final
solution of the EUREF BAL92 GPS-campaign |
| Datum identifier | LKS-92 |
| Datum alias | Latvijas geodeziska koordinatu sistema 1992
(Latvian Geodetic Coordinate System 1992) |
| Datum type | geodetic |
| Datum anchor point | 4 points of the EUREF BAL92 GPS-campaign |
| Datum realization epoch | 1992 |
| Datum valid area | Latvia |
| Datum scope |
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| Datum remarks | LKS-92 is consistent with ETRS89;
LKS-92 is based on Resolution Number 213 of the Government
of Latvia of June 4, 1992 |
| 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 | LV_TM |
| Coordinate system type | projected |
| Coordinate system dimension | 2 |
| Coordinate system remarks | |
| Coordinate system axis name | X / northing |
| Coordinate system axis direction | North |
| Coordinate system axis unit identifier | metre |
| Coordinate system axis name | Y / easting |
| Coordinate system axis direction | East |
| Coordinate system axis unit identifier | metre |
| Operation identifier | LV_TM |
| Operation valid area | Latvia |
| Operation scope | |
| Operation method name | Transverse 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 number | 6 |
| 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 | 24° E |
| Operation parameter remarks | |
| Operation parameter name | false northing |
| Operation parameter value | -6 000 000 m |
| Operation parameter remarks | |
| Operation parameter name | false easting |
| Operation parameter value | 500 000 m |
| Operation parameter remarks | only one zone |
| Operation parameter name | scale factor at central meridian |
| Operation parameter value | 0.9996 |
| Operation parameter remarks | |
| Operation parameter name | width of zone |
| Operation parameter value | 6° |
| Operation parameter remarks | only one zone of 6° width with central meridian 24° E
for LV in use |