Ellipsoid: GRS 1980
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: EUREF "Overview of national realizations of the integrated geodetic reference in Europe", https://doi.org/10.71603/NatRefEurope
Revision date: 2025-10-31
Scope: Geodesy. Active GNSS network / Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network.
Remarks: Derived through a campaign of the Nordic Geodetic Commission in which stations across the Nordic countries were observed simultaneously for 7 full days in week 40 of 2008.
Area of use: Faroe Islands - onshore and offshore.
Definition: JSON
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