Kartastokoordinaattijarjestelma

English translation: The Finnish national grid coordinate system

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Finnish term or phrase:Kartastokoordinaattijarjestelma
English translation:The Finnish national grid coordinate system
Entered by: Alfa Trans (X)

19:51 Aug 31, 2007
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geography / coordinates systems
Finnish term or phrase: Kartastokoordinaattijarjestelma
Kartasto Koordinaati Jarjestelma.
It's the name of finnish datum. I don't understand finnish, It's mentioned in an English text [source language].
humble guess: cartasian, coordinates............

Kiitti
Mariam Osmann
Egypt
Local time: 08:07
The Finnish national grid coordinate system
Explanation:
Please see the link.

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This translation is used by the Laboratory of Geoinformation and Positioning Technology, Department of Surveying, Helsinki University of Technology, so it is obviously the official one.

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You can also call it the coordinate system or grid system, there is no difference. It is based on the German Gauss-Krüger (German Grid) coordinate system. It is one of the most commonly used grid coordinate systems in the world.

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The same translation is used rg in Britain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference...

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or grid reference system, but they all mean the same system.

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Here is a good explanation of the coordinate systems:
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eino.uikkanen/geodocsgb/ficoords.htm

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As you can see in the last link, it can also be called a horizontal coordinate system.

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The word by word translation is Atlas/map coordinate system.
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4The Finnish national grid coordinate system
Alfa Trans (X)
3geocentric data of Finland
Margherita Romagnoli


  

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geocentric data of Finland


Explanation:
Spatial information is information associated with position on the surface of the earth (e.g. of roads, property boundaries, soil types and human geography).

Margherita Romagnoli
Italy
Local time: 07:07
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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The Finnish national grid coordinate system


Explanation:
Please see the link.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:01:23 GMT)
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This translation is used by the Laboratory of Geoinformation and Positioning Technology, Department of Surveying, Helsinki University of Technology, so it is obviously the official one.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:07:55 GMT)
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You can also call it the coordinate system or grid system, there is no difference. It is based on the German Gauss-Krüger (German Grid) coordinate system. It is one of the most commonly used grid coordinate systems in the world.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:13:16 GMT)
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The same translation is used rg in Britain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference...

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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:14:31 GMT)
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or grid reference system, but they all mean the same system.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:26:20 GMT)
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Here is a good explanation of the coordinate systems:
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eino.uikkanen/geodocsgb/ficoords.htm

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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:26:54 GMT)
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As you can see in the last link, it can also be called a horizontal coordinate system.

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Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2007-09-02 17:13:43 GMT)
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The word by word translation is Atlas/map coordinate system.


    Reference: http://gip.tkk.fi/en/research/services.html
Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 08:07
Native speaker of: Finnish
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Asker: Thanks Marju. Could you also provide word by word translation?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Spencer Allman: There does not seem to be a standard translation, but this appears to be one. Also, the Finnish National Grid sounds good. I sthat some sort of a joke?
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neutral  Jari Vesterinen: IT is so good to see some researched answers are being generated. Context is pretty scanty so it is not clear whether this is the most accurate answer. I think that you have done a lot of digging for the answer, so Kudoz for that!
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