EPSG:2056

CH1903+ / LV95 -- Swiss CH1903+ / LV95

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Available transformations
to EPSG:4258
EPSG:4258 - ETRS89

  • Liechtenstein; Switzerland. , accuracy 0.1 m, code 1647 (default) [3]

Selected transformation

Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)

Remarks: This transformation is also given as CH1903+ to CHTRS95 (1) (code 1509). CHTRS95 is a national realization of ETRS89. May be taken as approximate transformation CH1903+ to WGS 84 - see code 1676.

Information source: Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo via EuroGeographics; http://crs.bkg.bund.de/crs-eu/

Revision date: 2021-07-16

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.

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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

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJCS["CH1903+ / LV95",
    GEOGCS["CH1903+",
        DATUM["CH1903+",
            SPHEROID["Bessel 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128],
            TOWGS84[674.374,15.056,405.346,0,0,0,0]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4150"]],
    PROJECTION["Hotine_Oblique_Mercator_Azimuth_Center"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",46.9524055555556],
    PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",7.43958333333333],
    PARAMETER["azimuth",90],
    PARAMETER["rectified_grid_angle",90],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",2600000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",1200000],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AXIS["Easting",EAST],
    AXIS["Northing",NORTH],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","2056"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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            BASEGEOGCRS["CH1903+",
                DATUM["CH1903+",
                    ELLIPSOID["Bessel 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128,
                        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
                PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                ID["EPSG",4150]],
            CONVERSION["Swiss Oblique Mercator 1995",
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                PARAMETER["Latitude of projection centre",46.9524055555556,
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                PARAMETER["Longitude of projection centre",7.43958333333333,
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                PARAMETER["Azimuth of initial line",90,
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                PARAMETER["Angle from Rectified to Skew Grid",90,
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                PARAMETER["Scale factor on initial line",1,
                    SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8815]],
                PARAMETER["Easting at projection centre",2600000,
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                PARAMETER["Northing at projection centre",1200000,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
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            CS[Cartesian,2],
                AXIS["(E)",east,
                    ORDER[1],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["(N)",north,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale)."],
                AREA["Liechtenstein; Switzerland."],
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                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
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                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
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            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
                AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
                    ORDER[1],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
                AREA["World."],
                BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
            ID["EPSG",4326]]],
    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation from unknown to WGS84",
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            ID["EPSG",9606]],
        PARAMETER["X-axis translation",674.374,
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        PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",15.056,
            ID["EPSG",8606]],
        PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",405.346,
            ID["EPSG",8607]],
        PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",0,
            ID["EPSG",8608]],
        PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",0,
            ID["EPSG",8609]],
        PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0,
            ID["EPSG",8610]],
        PARAMETER["Scale difference",1,
            ID["EPSG",8611]]]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJCS["CH1903+_LV95",
    GEOGCS["GCS_CH1903+",
        DATUM["D_CH1903+",
            SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
        UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Hotine_Oblique_Mercator_Azimuth_Center"],
    PARAMETER["False_Easting",2600000.0],
    PARAMETER["False_Northing",1200000.0],
    PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],
    PARAMETER["Azimuth",90.0],
    PARAMETER["Longitude_Of_Center",7.43958333333333],
    PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Center",46.9524055555556],
    UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

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Definition: JSON

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}

Definition: GeoServer

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=somerc"
	"lat_0=46.9524055555556"
	"lon_0=7.43958333333333"
	"k_0=1"
	"x_0=2600000"
	"y_0=1200000"
	"ellps=bessel"
	"towgs84=674.374,15.056,405.346,0,0,0,0"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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