Description of CRS - SE_ETRS89 / UTM_SE
AttributeEntry
CountrySweden
Country identifierSE
CRS identifierSE_ETRS89 / UTM_SE
CRS alias
SWEREF99 TM
CRS valid areaSweden
CRS scopeUsed for storing and presentation of the national GIS databases
CRS remarks
Datum identifierETRS89
Datum alias
European Terrestrial Reference System 1989
Datum typegeodetic
Datum anchor point
ITRF97
Datum realization epoch1999.5
Datum valid area
in general: Europe,
in this realisation: Sweden
Datum scope
Datum remarks
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 identifierUniversal Transverse Mercator
Coordinate system typeprojected
Coordinate system dimension2
Coordinate system remarksProjection: Transverse Mercator in zones, 6° width in general
Coordinate system axis namenorthing / N
Coordinate system axis directionNorth
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Coordinate system axis nameeasting / E
Coordinate system axis directionEast
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Operation identifierUTM_SE
Operation valid areaSweden
Operation scopefor conformal mapping in all Sweden
Operation method nameUniversal Transverse Mercator Projection
Operation method name alias
Operation method formula
Konforme Abbildungen des Erdellipsoids in der Ebene, L. 
Krüger, Teubner Verlag in Leipzig, 1912 
Operation method parameters number6
Operation method remarks
one zone for whole Sweden - about 13 degrees
Operation parameter namelatitude of origin
Operation parameter value
Operation parameter remarks0°, the Equator
Operation parameter namelongitude of origin
Operation parameter value
central meridian (CM) 15°E
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse northing
Operation parameter value
0 m for northern hemisphere
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse easting
Operation parameter value
500 000 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namescale factor at central meridian
Operation parameter value
0.9996
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namewidth of zone
Operation parameter value
zone 33 greater than 6°
Operation parameter remarkszone 33 is extended for whole Sweden from longitude 11°E to 24°E, one zone for whole Sweden