EPSG:2056 — CH1903+ / LV95
Projected coordinate system · coordinates in metres · Liechtenstein; Switzerland.
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EPSG:2056CH1903+ / LV95
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Worked example — the centre of this system's area of use: 8.225, 46.815 (EPSG:4326 lon, lat) = 2,660,013.54, 1,185,171.98 (EPSG:2056).
EPSG:2056 details
Area of use
Liechtenstein; Switzerland.
WGS84 bounds: 5.96° to 10.49° longitude, 45.82° to 47.81° latitude.
Well-known text (WKT2)
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PROJCRS["CH1903+ / LV95",BASEGEOGCRS["CH1903+",DATUM["CH1903+",ELLIPSOID["Bessel 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],ID["EPSG",4150]],CONVERSION["Swiss Oblique Mercator 1995",METHOD["Hotine Oblique Mercator (variant B)",ID["EPSG",9815]],PARAMETER["Latitude of projection centre",46.9524055555556,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],ID["EPSG",8811]],PARAMETER["Longitude of projection centre",7.43958333333333,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],ID["EPSG",8812]],PARAMETER["Azimuth at projection centre",90,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],ID["EPSG",8813]],PARAMETER["Angle from Rectified to Skew Grid",90,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],ID["EPSG",8814]],PARAMETER["Scale factor at projection centre",1,SCALEUNIT["unity",1],ID["EPSG",8815]],PARAMETER["Easting at projection centre",2600000,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],ID["EPSG",8816]],PARAMETER["Northing at projection centre",1200000,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],ID["EPSG",8817]]],CS[Cartesian,2],AXIS["(E)",east,ORDER[1],LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],AXIS["(N)",north,ORDER[2],LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],USAGE[SCOPE["Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale)."],AREA["Liechtenstein; Switzerland."],BBOX[45.82,5.96,47.81,10.49]],ID["EPSG",2056]]
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