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Finnish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Geography / coordinates systems | |||||||
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4 | The Finnish national grid coordinate system |
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3 | geocentric data of Finland |
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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). |
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The Finnish national grid coordinate system Explanation: Please see the link. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:01:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:07:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:13:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The same translation is used rg in Britain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:14:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or grid reference system, but they all mean the same system. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:26:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here is a good explanation of the coordinate systems: http://www.kolumbus.fi/eino.uikkanen/geodocsgb/ficoords.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2007-09-01 06:26:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- As you can see in the last link, it can also be called a horizontal coordinate system. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2007-09-02 17:13:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The word by word translation is Atlas/map coordinate system. Reference: http://gip.tkk.fi/en/research/services.html |
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