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Description of CRS - HU_HD72 / EOV
AttributeEntry
CountryHungary
Country identifierHU
CRS identifierHU_HD72 / EOV
CRS alias
CRS valid areaHungary
CRS scope
CRS remarks
Datum identifierHD72
Datum alias
Hungarian Datum 1972
Datum typegeodetic
Datum anchor point
Hungary, Szölöhegy,
Lat = 47°17'32.6156" N,
Lon = 19°36'09.9865" E
Datum realization epoch1972 to 1975
Datum valid area
Hungary
Datum scope
Datum remarks
Prime meridian identifierGreenwich
Prime meridian greenwich longitude0°
Prime meridian remarks
Ellipsoid identifierGRS 67
Ellipsoid alias
Ellipsoid semi major axis6 378 160 m
Ellipsoid shapetrue
Ellipsoid inverse flattening298.247167427
Ellipsoid remarks
Coordinate system identifierEOV
Coordinate system typeprojected
Coordinate system dimension2
Coordinate system remarks
Coordinate system axis namenorthing
Coordinate system axis directionNorth
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Coordinate system axis nameeasting
Coordinate system axis directionEast
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre
Operation identifierEOV
Operation valid areaHungary
Operation scope
Operation method nameOblique Conformal Cylindric Projection
Operation method name alias
Oblique Mercator Projection
Operation method formula
Oblique Mercator Mapping Equations, in Hooijberg, 
Practical Geodesy, 1997, pages 157-160
Operation method parameters number5
Operation method remarks
EOV...Egyseges Orszagos Vetületi rendszer (Unified 
National Projection system)
Operation parameter namelatitude of origin
Operation parameter value
47°08'39.8174" N
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namelongitude of origin
Operation parameter value
19°02'54.8584" E
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse northing
Operation parameter value
200 000 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namefalse easting
Operation parameter value
650 000 m
Operation parameter remarks
Operation parameter namescale factor at central meridian
Operation parameter value
0.99993
Operation parameter remarks
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