🌍 GEODETIC REFERENCE

Surveying in China

CGCS2000 (China Geodetic Coordinate System 2000) is the legal datum. Public maps use the GCJ-02 obfuscated system; survey-grade work uses CGCS2000 Gauss-Kruger.

National datum
CGCS2000
Vertical datum
1985 National Height Datum (Qingdao)
UTM zones
45N through 53N
CORS stations (our DB)
9

CORS network

National CORS — NASG

Browse 9 China CORS stations in our directory →

Mapping authority

Ministry of Natural Resources (formerly NASG)

Projected coordinate systems & EPSG codes

CGCS2000 (geographic)EPSG:4490 →
CGCS2000 / Gauss-Kruger 3-degree zonesmultiple codes
CGCS2000 / UTM zonesmultiple codes

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