Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: Geographic Survey Institute; Japan; Bulletin 40 (March 1994). Also http://vldb.gsi.go.jp/sokuchi/datum/tokyodatum.html
Revision date: 2010-06-30
Scope: Geodesy, cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.
Remarks: In Japan, replaces Tokyo 1892 (code 1048) and replaced by Japanese Geodetic Datum 2000 (code 6611). In Korea used only for geodetic applications before being replaced by Korean 1985 (code 6162).
Definition: JSON
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