Map Projections of Sweden

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update 19. March 1999

Map Projection
  • RT90, 2.5 Gon W  horizontal component of RR92) - Gauß-Krüger (Transvers-Mercator)
    • 2.5 gon väster om Stockholms gamla observatorium 
    • 2.5 Gon West of the Old Observatory of Stockholm
Projection    TRANSVERSE 
Zunits        NO 
Units         METERS 
Spheroid      BESSEL 
Datum         none
Xshift        0.0000
Yshift        0.0000
Parameters 
      1.00000 /* scale factor at central meridian 
 15 48 29.800 /* longitude of central meridian 
  0  0  0.000 /* latitude of origin 
1500000.00000 /* false easting (meters)
      0.00000 /* false northing (meters)
Sample Data: RT90 lat/long -> RT90 N/E

RT90 (lat/long) 

lat.   66°19'09".76183
long.  18°07'43".37504
RT90 (E/N) 
northing  7359600.976 m
easting   1604007.365 m
Source:
Bo-Gunnar Reit, National Land Survey of Sweden, e-mail correspondence, Dec. 97
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