Gauss-Krüger Projection

The Gauss-Krüger projection is a transverse cylindrical projection of the Earth ellipsoid with one length-preserved meridian as axis of abscissae (called main or central meridian) (illustration from [3] under literature).

 Gauss-Krüger Projection

The Gauss-Krüger projection is the basis for e.g. the official surveying and mapping of Germany. C.F. Gauss developed it on the occasion of the calculations for the hanoverian surveying and O. Schreiber (* 1829, † 1905) in 1866 and J.H.L. Krül;ger in 1912 (* 1857, † 1923) published it coherently.

In order to limit the distortion of projection to tolerable margins, e.g. in Germany systems were set up for the »amtliche deutsche Kartenwerk«, in which the meridians 6 degrees, 9 degrees und 12 degrees are mapped as length-preserved main meridians (axes of abscissae). At both sides of each main meridian there is a zone of one and a half longitudes (ca. 100 km). Thereby the Bessel ellipsoid is used as datum surface.

These systems are called the (German) Gauss-Krüger systems.

  
See also
  
 Gauss' co-ordinates Gauss' co-ordinates
 UTM/UPS-systems UTM/UPS-systems