Description of CRS - PL_EUREF89 / 2000
AttributeEntry
CountryPoland
Country identifierPL
CRS identifierPL_EUREF89 / 2000
CRS alias
CRS valid areaPoland
CRS scope
CRS remarks
Datum identifierEUREF89
Datum alias
EUREF-POL, ETRF-89
Datum typegeodetic
Datum anchor point
11 points of EUREF-POL
Datum realization epoch1992.5
Datum valid area
in general: Europe,
in this realisation: Poland
Datum scope
used officialy in Poland from year 2000
Datum remarks
- the EUREF-89 coordinates are derived from the final 
solution of the EUREF-POL 92 campaign, observed in July 
1992 
- refer to ETRS89 - therefore no transformation parameters 
to ETRS89 exist 
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 identifier2000
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 identifier2000
Operation valid areaPoland
Operation scopeprecise computation procedure for all aplications, specially base and cadastral mapping at scales 1:5000 and bigger
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 number8
Operation method remarks
zones in Transverse Mercator Projection, 3° width, scale 
factor not 1.0000 
Operation parameter namelatitude of origin
Operation parameter value
Operation parameter remarks0°, the Equator
Operation parameter namelongitude of origin
Operation parameter value
central meridians 15° E, 18° E, 21° E, 24° E
Operation parameter remarkscentral meridian (CM) of each zone
Operation parameter namefalse northing
Operation parameter value
0 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse easting
Operation parameter value
500 000  + (n * 10**6) m, with n...zone number e.g. 5 500 
000 m for zone 5 (CM = 15° E) 
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namescale factor at central meridian
Operation parameter value
0.999923
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namewidth of zones
Operation parameter value
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namezone numbers n
Operation parameter value
5, 6, 7 ,8
Operation parameter remarksn = longitude value of central meridian / 3
Operation parameter namelongitude limits of zones
Operation parameter value
zone 5: 13°30' E ... 16°30' E
zoen 6: 16°30' E ... 19°30' E
zone 7: 19°30' E ... 22°30' E
zone 8: 22°30' E ... 25°30' E
Operation parameter remarks