degree (supplier to define representation)
Militar-Geographische Institut
EPSG
Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen (BEV).
2019-11-23
Geodesy.
Created retrospectively to support geoid model based on Bessel ellipsoid.
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
GEOGCRS["MGI", DATUM["Militar-Geographische Institut", ELLIPSOID["Bessel 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], CS[ellipsoidal,3], AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north, ORDER[1], ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east, ORDER[2], ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], AXIS["ellipsoidal height (h)",up, ORDER[3], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Geodesy."], AREA["Austria."], BBOX[46.4,9.53,49.02,17.17]], ID["EPSG",9267]]
Definition: JSON
{ "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json", "type": "GeographicCRS", "name": "MGI", "datum": { "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame", "name": "Militar-Geographische Institut", "ellipsoid": { "name": "Bessel 1841", "semi_major_axis": 6377397.155, "inverse_flattening": 299.1528128 } }, "coordinate_system": { "subtype": "ellipsoidal", "axis": [ { "name": "Geodetic latitude", "abbreviation": "Lat", "direction": "north", "unit": "degree" }, { "name": "Geodetic longitude", "abbreviation": "Lon", "direction": "east", "unit": "degree" }, { "name": "Ellipsoidal height", "abbreviation": "h", "direction": "up", "unit": "metre" } ] }, "scope": "Geodesy.", "area": "Austria.", "bbox": { "south_latitude": 46.4, "west_longitude": 9.53, "north_latitude": 49.02, "east_longitude": 17.17 }, "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 9267 } }
Definition: Mapnik
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