PrimeMeridian.FerroRounded Property
Gets a predefined prime meridian for Ferro, using a rounded longitude from Greenwich.
Thread safety: This property is thread-safe.
Syntax
public static PrimeMeridian FerroRounded { get; }Property Value
Type: PrimeMeridian
A prime meridian for Ferro.
A prime meridian for Ferro.
Remarks
The EPSG name is just "Ferro".
The EPSG code is 8909.
The longitude from Greenwich is 17° 40' W.
This value is used in Germany, Austria and former Czechoslovakia.
The difference between FerroRounded and FerroAlbrecht is about 300 meters in central European latitudes.
Literature
Gábor Timár: "The Ferro prime meridian" (in Hungarian, with English summary). Geodézia és Kartográfia, 2007, volume 59, number 12.
Gábor Timár and Gábor Molnár: Map Grids and Datums, section 2.2. Eötvös Loránd University, 2013.
Platforms
Windows, Linux, Android