Map Projections of Switzerland

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update18. Mar. 2001

Map Projections
National Mapping Agency:
Bundesamt für Landestopographie, L+T
(Swiss Federal Office of Topography)
http://www.swisstopo.ch/
Reference Systems
  • Position: 
      • CH1903 (LV03 - Landesvermessung 1903)
      Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841
      Map Projection: Swiss Oblique Mercator (by Rosenmund) 
      Central Point/Datum: Bern, former Observatory
      CH1903+ (LV95 - Landesvermessung 1995)
      Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841
      Map Projection: Swiss Oblique Mercator (by Rosenmund) 
      Central Point/Datum: Bern, former Observatory
  • Height: 
      • LN02 (Landesnivellement 1902)
      Heights Type: leveled heights
      Reference Point: Repère Pierre de Niton (RPN), Geneva
      Reference Level: (derived from) Tide Gauge Marseilles
      Geoid: CHGEO98 (Swiss Geoid 1998)
      LHN95 (Landeshöhennetz 1995)
      Heights Type: orthometric heights
      Reference Point: Repère Pierre de Niton (RPN), Geneva
      Reference Level: (derived from) Tide Gauge Marseilles
      Geoid: CHGEO98 (Swiss Geoid 1998)
All Scale Mapping: 
Swiss Oblique Mercator Projection on Bessel
CH1903 (LV03)update CH1903+ (LV95)update
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