EPSG:2056

CH1903+ / LV95 -- Swiss CH1903+ / LV95

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326

Selected transformation

Remarks: Approximation at the +/- 1m level assuming that CHTRF95 is equivalent to WGS 84.

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 1999-10-20

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: CH1903+

Datum: CH1903+

Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo; www.swisstopo.ch

Revision date: 2015-11-25

Scope: Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale).

Remarks: Replaces CH1903/LV03 (code 21781).

Area of use: Liechtenstein; Switzerland.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.

Center coordinates
2660013.54 1185171.98

Projected bounds:
2485071.58 1074261.72
2837119.8 1299941.79

WGS84 bounds:
5.96 45.82
10.49 47.81

Liechtenstein; Switzerland.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

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Definition: JSON

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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END

Definition: Mapnik

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