Spatial referencing systems

Spatial referencing systems

Spatial referencing systems (SRS) are coordinate-based local, regional or global systems used to locate geographical entities. Some of systems in existence are:

*British national grid reference system
*Irish national grid reference system
*"'Irish Transverse Mercator
*"'Israeli Transverse Mercator
*"'Israeli Cassini Soldner
*"'Jordan Transverse Mercator
*United States National Grid

ee also

*Geodesy
*Geographic information system (GIS).


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