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Iain Taylor wrote:
 
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>On behalf of someone off-Net. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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>iain taylor
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>J'aimerais avoir toutes les informations sur le principe de fonctionnement du
>syst
>me (Grid Allemand) je n'ai pas trouv  de personne qui puisse me renseigner
>j'esp
>re obtenir une r ponse je remercie a l'avance la personne qui pourra
>m'aider.
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>                               In english
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>I would like to have some information about the German Grid,and  how it works.I
>would appreciate if somebody can help me, I don't
>know anybody who knows something about the German Grid.
>
>                                             Sinceres Salutations,
>                                             Yours Truly,
>                                             Jean-Francois Dupuis
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        I'm sure there are many German Grids based on different geodetic
datums, but probably the most common grid system is based on UTM Zone 32 (6
to 12 degrees East) and Zone 33 (East of 12 degrees) based on the European
Datum 1950. In Germany the use of the Military Grid Reference designators
for the 100 kilometer UTM grid squares is common. Of course there are
conversions from this ED50 datum to WGS-84 and UTM systems based on WGS-84.
        One source is (Rudolph Blausch, 1989. Militargeographischer dienst
der Bundeswehr. Herausgeber: Leiter Militarisches Geowesen). An agency to
contact are:
Institut fur Angewandte Geodasie
Richard Straus Allee 11
6000 Frankfurt 70
 
Peter
 
 
 
Peter H. Dana - Department of Geography - University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-1098 - Tel: (512) 869-1450 - Fax: (512) 869-0899