Name: ED50 to WGS 84 (18)
Method: Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)
Remarks: Recommended CT for UKCS and IrishCS petroleum purposes, known as "Common Offshore". Based on ED50 to WGS 72 (precise ephemeris) 6-nations agreement of 1981 with which precise to broadcast and broadcast to WGS 84 transformations have been concatenated.
Information source: The Hydrographic Journal; vol 52 page 50.
Revision date: 2021-03-18
Unit: degree
Geodetic CRS: ED50
Datum: European Datum 1950
Ellipsoid: International 1924
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: OGP
Revision date: 2002-11-22
Scope: Geodesy.
Remarks: See CRS code 4230 for recommended coordinate axis representation for the human interface.
Coordinate system: Ellipsoidal 2D CS. Axes: latitude, longitude. Orientations: north, east. UoM: dec deg