EPSG:3908 DEPRECATED

MGI 1901 / Balkans zone 6

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Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)

Remarks: Accuracy estimate not available from information source but established empirically by OGP.

Information source: U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency TR8350.2 revision of October 1997; http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/

Revision date: 2020-03-14

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: MGI 1901

Datum: MGI 1901

Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2009-03-14

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Introduced in 1924. In Croatia replaced by HTRS96 / Croatia TM (CRS code 3765).

Area of use: Bosnia and Herzegovina - between 16°30'E and 19°30'E; Croatia - onshore east of 16°30'E; Montenegro - onshore west of 19°30'E; Serbia - west of 19°30'E.

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

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Center coordinates
6517283.66 4857860.34

Projected bounds:
6110793.97 4522984.19
6925445.34 5205239.07

WGS84 bounds:
13.38 40.85
23.04 46.88

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia - onshore; Kosovo; Montenegro - onshore; North Macedonia; Serbia; Slovenia - onshore.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJCS["MGI 1901 / Balkans zone 6",
    GEOGCS["MGI 1901",
        DATUM["MGI_1901",
            SPHEROID["Bessel 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128],
            TOWGS84[682,-203,480,0,0,0,0]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","3906"]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",18],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9999],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",6500000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","3908"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

PROJCRS["MGI 1901 / Balkans zone 6",
    BASEGEOGCRS["MGI 1901",
        DATUM["MGI 1901",
            ELLIPSOID["Bessel 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128,
                LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
        ID["EPSG",3906]],
    CONVERSION["Balkans zone 6",
        METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
            ID["EPSG",9807]],
        PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8801]],
        PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",18,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8802]],
        PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9999,
            SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
            ID["EPSG",8805]],
        PARAMETER["False easting",6500000,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
            ID["EPSG",8806]],
        PARAMETER["False northing",0,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
            ID["EPSG",8807]]],
    CS[Cartesian,2],
        AXIS["northing (X)",north,
            ORDER[1],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
        AXIS["easting (Y)",east,
            ORDER[2],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Engineering survey, topographic mapping."],
        AREA["Bosnia and Herzegovina - between 16°30'E and 19°30'E; Croatia - onshore east of 16°30'E; Montenegro - onshore west of 19°30'E; Serbia - west of 19°30'E."],
        BBOX[41.79,16.5,46.55,19.51]],
    ID["EPSG",3908]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJCS["MGI_1901_Balkans_6_NE_deprecated",
    GEOGCS["GCS_MGI_1901",
        DATUM["D_MGI_1901",
            SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
        UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["False_Easting",6500000.0],
    PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],
    PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",18.0],
    PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],
    PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],
    UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=18 +k=0.9999 +x_0=6500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=bessel +towgs84=682,-203,480,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:3908","+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=18 +k=0.9999 +x_0=6500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=bessel +towgs84=682,-203,480,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "ProjectedCRS",
    "name": "MGI 1901 / Balkans zone 6",
    "base_crs": {
        "name": "MGI 1901",
        "datum": {
            "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
            "name": "MGI 1901",
            "ellipsoid": {
                "name": "Bessel 1841",
                "semi_major_axis": 6377397.155,
                "inverse_flattening": 299.1528128
            }
        },
        "coordinate_system": {
            "subtype": "ellipsoidal",
            "axis": [
                {
                    "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lat",
                    "direction": "north",
                    "unit": "degree"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lon",
                    "direction": "east",
                    "unit": "degree"
                }
            ]
        },
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 3906
        }
    },
    "conversion": {
        "name": "Balkans zone 6",
        "method": {
            "name": "Transverse Mercator",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 9807
            }
        },
        "parameters": [
            {
                "name": "Latitude of natural origin",
                "value": 0,
                "unit": "degree",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8801
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Longitude of natural origin",
                "value": 18,
                "unit": "degree",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8802
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Scale factor at natural origin",
                "value": 0.9999,
                "unit": "unity",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8805
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "False easting",
                "value": 6500000,
                "unit": "metre",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8806
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "False northing",
                "value": 0,
                "unit": "metre",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8807
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "Cartesian",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Northing",
                "abbreviation": "X",
                "direction": "north",
                "unit": "metre"
            },
            {
                "name": "Easting",
                "abbreviation": "Y",
                "direction": "east",
                "unit": "metre"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Engineering survey, topographic mapping.",
    "area": "Bosnia and Herzegovina - between 16°30'E and 19°30'E; Croatia - onshore east of 16°30'E; Montenegro - onshore west of 19°30'E; Serbia - west of 19°30'E.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 41.79,
        "west_longitude": 16.5,
        "north_latitude": 46.55,
        "east_longitude": 19.51
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 3908
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=tmerc"
	"lat_0=0"
	"lon_0=18"
	"k=0.9999"
	"x_0=6500000"
	"y_0=0"
	"ellps=bessel"
	"towgs84=682,-203,480,0,0,0,0"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=18 +k=0.9999 +x_0=6500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=bessel +towgs84=682,-203,480,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=18 +k=0.9999 +x_0=6500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=bessel +towgs84=682,-203,480,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 3908, 'EPSG', 3908, '+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=18 +k=0.9999 +x_0=6500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=bessel +towgs84=682,-203,480,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'PROJCS["MGI 1901 / Balkans zone 6",GEOGCS["MGI 1901",DATUM["MGI_1901",SPHEROID["Bessel 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128],TOWGS84[682,-203,480,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3906"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",18],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["false_easting",6500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3908"]]');