GAUSSK: Gauss Kruger (Transverse Mercator)

This is a synonym for the TM projection, in which the scale reduction factor is set to 1. European users may find this more convenient to use than the TM projection.

Parameter Name

Description

PARM1

Longitude, in degrees, of the central meridian.

ORG_LAT

Latitude, in degrees, of the origin of the projection.

X_OFF

The false easting to be applied to all X coordinates, selected to cause all X coordinates within the coordinate system to be positive values of reasonable size.

Y_OFF

The false northing to be applied to all Y coordinates.