Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: BKG via EuroGeographics. http://crs.bkg.bund.de
Revision date: 2017-07-14
Scope: Geodesy, cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.
Remarks: PD/83 is the realization of DHDN in Thuringen. It is the resultant of applying a transformation derived at 13 points on the border between East and West Germany to Pulkovo 1942/83 points in Thuringen.
Area of use: Germany - Thuringen.
Definition: OGC Well Known Text
DATUM["Potsdam_Datum_83", SPHEROID["Bessel 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7004"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","6746"]]
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
DATUM["Potsdam Datum/83", ELLIPSOID["Bessel 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], ID["EPSG",6746]]
Definition: ESRI Well Known Text
DATUM["D_Potsdam_1983", SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]]
Definition: JSON
{ "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.5/projjson.schema.json", "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame", "name": "Potsdam Datum/83", "ellipsoid": { "name": "Bessel 1841", "semi_major_axis": 6377397.155, "inverse_flattening": 299.1528128 }, "scope": "Geodesy, cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.", "area": "Germany - Thuringen.", "bbox": { "south_latitude": 50.2, "west_longitude": 9.92, "north_latitude": 51.64, "east_longitude": 12.56 }, "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 6746 } }