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Ellipsoid:
Bessel 1841
| Ellipsoid Details | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name: | Bessel 1841 | ||||||
| Code: | 7004 | ||||||
| Shape: | Ellipsoid | ||||||
| Semi-Major Axis: |
6377397.155 metre
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| Inverse Flattening: | 299.1528128 | ||||||
| Meta Data | |||||||
| Remarks: | Original Bessel definition is a=3272077.14 and b=3261139.33 toise. This used a weighted mean of values from several authors but did not account for differences in the length of the various toise: the "Bessel toise" is therefore of uncertain length. | ||||||
| Information Source: | US Army Map Service Technical Manual; 1943. | ||||||
| Data Source: | OGP | ||||||
| Revision Date: | January 21, 2020 | ||||||
| Change Id: | [1998.321] [1998.340] | ||||||
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