GRS80

E859784

GRS80 is a geodetic reference ellipsoid defined in 1980 that serves as a standard mathematical model of the Earth's shape for modern mapping and surveying systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth ellipsoid model ⓘ
geodetic reference ellipsoid ⓘ
abbreviation GRS 80 ⓘ
linked to: GRS80
angularVelocity 7.292115e-5 rad/s ⓘ
basisFor ETRS89 ⓘ
NAD83 ⓘ
many modern national datums ⓘ
category geodesy ⓘ
reference systems ⓘ
coordinateSystem geocentric Cartesian ⓘ
geodetic latitude-longitude-height ⓘ
datumRole ellipsoid for global reference systems ⓘ
definedInYear 1980 ⓘ
definingOrganization IAG ⓘ
International Association of Geodesy ⓘ
dynamicalFormFactorJ2 0.00108263 ⓘ
epoch 1980.0 ⓘ
equatorialRadius 6378137.0 m ⓘ
flattening 0.00335281068118 ⓘ
flatteningDefinition (a−b)/a ⓘ
fullName Geodetic Reference System 1980 ⓘ
linked to: GRS80
geocentricGravitationalConstant 3.986005e14 m^3/s^2 ⓘ
hasParameter angular velocity ⓘ
geocentric gravitational constant ⓘ
inverse flattening ⓘ
normal gravity formula ⓘ
semi-major axis ⓘ
inverseFlattening 298.257222101 ⓘ
normalGravityAtEquator 9.7803267715 m/s^2 ⓘ
normalGravityAtPole 9.8321863685 m/s^2 ⓘ
polarRadius 6356752.314140356 m ⓘ
referenceFrameUsage global geodesy ⓘ
region Earth ⓘ
relatedStandard IAG Geodetic Reference System 1980 resolution ⓘ
linked to: GRS80
replaced GRS67 ⓘ
scope global ⓘ
semiMajorAxis 6378137.0 m ⓘ
semiMajorAxisUnit metre ⓘ
semiMinorAxis 6356752.314140356 m ⓘ
semiMinorAxisUnit metre ⓘ
similarTo WGS84 ellipsoid ⓘ
linked to: WGS84
status current ⓘ
symmetry axisymmetric ⓘ
type oblate spheroid ⓘ
usedFor coordinate reference systems ⓘ
geodetic computations ⓘ
mapping ⓘ
surveying ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Airy 1830 ellipsoid → comparedTo → GRS80 ellipsoid ⓘ
linked to: GRS80
Airy 1830 ellipsoid → semiMajorAxisShorterThan → GRS80 ellipsoid ⓘ
linked to: GRS80
Bessel ellipsoid → replacedBy → GRS80 ellipsoid ⓘ
linked to: GRS80
GRS80 → fullName → Geodetic Reference System 1980 ⓘ
linked to: GRS80
GRS80 → abbreviation → GRS 80 ⓘ
linked to: GRS80
GRS80 → relatedStandard → IAG Geodetic Reference System 1980 resolution ⓘ
linked to: GRS80