Description of CRS - PL_42/58 / 1965
AttributeEntry
CountryPoland
Country identifierPL
CRS identifierPL_42/58 / 1965
CRS alias
1942, 42/58, Pulkowo
CRS valid areaPoland
CRS scopetopographic and base mapping, cadastral
CRS remarks
Pulkowo 1942 origin 
Network adjustment results of 1958 (of Poland)
Datum identifier42/58
Datum alias
Pulkowo
Datum typegeodetic
Datum anchor point
Russia, Pulkowo,
Lat = 59°46'18.55" N,
Lon = 30°19'42.09" E
Datum realization epochCentral and Eastern European international adjustment of 1956 (1st order geodetic network)
Datum valid area
Poland
Datum scope
Datum remarks
former datum of Central and Eastern European countries, 
aproved for official use in Poland until year 2009 
Prime meridian identifierGreenwich
Prime meridian greenwich longitude
Prime meridian remarks
Ellipsoid identifierKrassovsky 1940
Ellipsoid alias
Ellipsoid semi major axis6 378 245 m
Ellipsoid shapetrue
Ellipsoid inverse flattening298.3
Ellipsoid remarks
Coordinate system identifier1965
Coordinate system typeprojected
Coordinate system dimension2
Coordinate system remarks
Coordinate system axis name
Coordinate system axis direction
Coordinate system axis unit identifier
Coordinate system axis name
Coordinate system axis direction
Coordinate system axis unit identifier
Operation identifier1965
Operation valid areaPoland, five zones
Operation scopecivilian use (topographic and base mapping, cadastral)
Operation method nameTransverse Mercator Projection and Stereographic Projection
Operation method name alias
Operation method formula
quasi-stereographic (Roussilhe projection) of zones: I, 
II, III, IV and modified Gauss Krüger of zone V 
Operation method parameters number11
Operation method remarks
4 zones of double quasi-stereographic projection 
(double-stereographic), 1 zone of modified Gauss-Krüger 
projection 
Operation parameter namelatitude of projection center of zones
Operation parameter value
zone I:   50°37'30" N
zone II:  53°00'07" N
zone III: 53°35'00" N
zone IV: 51°40'15" N
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namelongitude of projection center of zones
Operation parameter value
zone I:   21°05'00" E
zone II:  21°30'10" E
zone III: 17°00'30" E
zone IV:  16°40'20" E
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter nameX coordinate of projection center of zones
Operation parameter value
zone I:   5 467 000.00 m
zone II:  5 806 000.00 m
zone III: 5 999 000.00 m
zone IV:  5 627 000.00 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter nameY coordinate of projection center of zones
Operation parameter value
zone I:   4 637 000.00 m
zone II:  4 603 000.00 m
zone III: 3 501 000.00 m
zone IV:  3 703 000.00 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namescale reduction factor of projection center of zones I, II, III, IV
Operation parameter value
0.9998
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namelongitude of central meridian of zone V
Operation parameter value
18°57'30" E
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse northing of zone V
Operation parameter value
-4 700 000.00 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse easting of zone V
Operation parameter value
237 000.00 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namescale reduction factor at the central meridian of zone V
Operation parameter value
0.999983
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namelatitude limits of zones
Operation parameter value
zone I:   48°55' N ... 52°20' N
zone II:  51°20' N ... 54°30' N
zone III: 52°10' N ... 54°50' N
zone IV:  48°45' N ... 53°20' N
zone V:   49°20' N ... 51°20' N
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namelongitude limits of zones
Operation parameter value
zone I:   18°00' E ... 24°10' E
zone II:  19°00' E ... 24°00' E
zone III: 14°05' E ... 20°00' E
zone IV:  14°15' E ... 19°05' E
zone V:   18°20' E ... 19°40' E
Operation parameter remarks