Geodetic CRS: ITRF2014
Datum: International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2014
Ellipsoid: GRS 1980
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: Häkli et al., "NKG2020 transformation: An updated transformation between dynamic and static reference frames in the Nordic and Baltic countries"; Journal of Geodetic Science 2023; 13: 20220155, https://doi.org/10.1515/jogs-2022-0155.
Revision date: 2025-08-24
Scope: Geodesy.
Remarks: The coordinate epoch (in years) of the coordinates referenced to the source CRS (ITRF2014) is user-defined input and is used as the source epoch in step 2.
Description: (0,)
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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See ITRF2014 to ETRF2014 (1) (code 8366) for transformation which defines ETRF2014. Transformation 8880 is equivalent to 8366 but with parameter values at epoch 2010.00."]]], STEP[ COORDINATEOPERATION["ETRF2014 to NKG_ETRF14 (1)", VERSION["NKG2020"], SOURCECRS[ GEODCRS["ETRF2014", DYNAMIC[ FRAMEEPOCH[1989]], DATUM["European Terrestrial Reference Frame 2014", ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], CS[Cartesian,3], AXIS["(X)",geocentricX, ORDER[1], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], AXIS["(Y)",geocentricY, ORDER[2], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], AXIS["(Z)",geocentricZ, ORDER[3], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], ID["EPSG",8401]]], TARGETCRS[ GEODCRS["NKG_ETRF14", DATUM["Nordic Geodetic Commission ETRF14", ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], ANCHOREPOCH[2000]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], CS[Cartesian,3], AXIS["(X)",geocentricX, ORDER[1], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], AXIS["(Y)",geocentricY, ORDER[2], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], AXIS["(Z)",geocentricZ, ORDER[3], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], ID["EPSG",10805]]], METHOD["Geocentric translations using NEU velocity grid (gtg)", ID["EPSG",1144]], PARAMETERFILE["Point motion velocity grid file","NKG_RF17vel.tif"], PARAMETER["Target epoch",2000, TIMEUNIT["year",31556925.445], ID["EPSG",1069]], INTERPOLATIONCRS[ GEOGCRS["ETRF2014", DYNAMIC[ FRAMEEPOCH[1989]], DATUM["European Terrestrial Reference Frame 2014", ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], 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]]]], OPERATIONACCURACY[0.003], ID["EPSG",10809], REMARK["Nordic Geodetic Commission (NKG) 2020 transformation. 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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: Mapnik
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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
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