EPSG:28991

Amersfoort / RD Old

Selected transformation

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: rdtrans2018.gsb

Remarks: Replaces Amersfoort to ETRS89 (7) (tfm code 7000). Horizontal component of official transformation RDNAPTRANS(TM)2018.

Information source: NSGI: Netherlands partnership of Kadaster, Rijkswaterstaat and Hydrographic Service, http://www.nsgi.nl/.

Revision date: 2020-08-31

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: Amersfoort

Datum: Amersfoort

Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 2000-03-07

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Replaced by 28992 (Amersfoort / RD New).

Area of use: Netherlands - onshore, including Waddenzee, Dutch Wadden Islands and 12-mile offshore coastal zone.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.

Center coordinates
-12107.8 7783.79

Projected bounds:
-154353.64 -156328.89
129347.25 174111.03

WGS84 bounds:
3.2 50.75
7.22 53.7

Netherlands - onshore, including Waddenzee, Dutch Wadden Islands and 12-mile offshore coastal zone.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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                MEMBER["European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1993"],
                MEMBER["European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1994"],
                MEMBER["European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1996"],
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Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

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