Description of CRS - UA_UCS-2000 / GK_6
AttributeEntry
CountryUkraine
Country identifierUA
CRS identifierUA_UCS-2000 / GK_6
CRS alias
UCS Transverse Mercator CRS
UCS-2000 / GK_6
EPSG codes: 5562…5569 for zone 4…7
CRS valid areaUkraine
CRS scopeCRS for conformal Ukrainian mapping at scales smaller than 1 : 10 000
CRS remarks
Gauß-Krüger-Projektion,  6 deegree zones
Datum identifierUkraine2000
Datum alias
Datum typegeodetic
Datum anchor point
Orientation and scale constrained to be same as ITRF2000 
at epoch 2005.0. Position is minimised deviation between 
reference ellipsoid and quasigeoid in territory of Ukraine. 
Datum realization epoch2005
Datum valid area
Ukraine
Datum scope
Geodesy
Datum remarks
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 identifierGK_6
Coordinate system typeprojected
Coordinate system dimension2
Coordinate system remarks
Coordinate system axis nameN
Coordinate system axis directionNorth
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Coordinate system axis nameE
Coordinate system axis directionEast
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Operation identifierGK_6
Operation valid areaUkraine
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 number7
Operation method remarks
Transverse Mercator Projektion in zones of 6°
Operation parameter namelatitude of origin
Operation parameter value
Operation parameter remarks0°, the Equator
Operation parameter namelongitude of origin
Operation parameter value
in general: central meridian (CM) of each zone
for UA: 21° E, 27° E, 33° E, 39° E in use
Operation parameter remarkscentral meridians 3° E, 9° E, 15° E, 21° E,....
Operation parameter namefalse northing
Operation parameter value
0 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse easting
Operation parameter value
in general: 500 000 + (n * 10**6) m, with n...zone number 
e.g. 4 500 000 for zone number 4 (CM = 21° E) 
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namescale factor at central meridian
Operation parameter value
1.0000
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namewidth of zones
Operation parameter value
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namezone number n
Operation parameter value
in general: 
n = (longitude value of central meridian + 3) / 6
for UA: zones 4, 5, 6, 7
Operation parameter remarks