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ISO 19161-1:2020

Geographic information — Geodetic references — Part 1: International terrestrial reference system (ITRS)

Standard Details

This document provides the basic information and the requirements related to the International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS), its definition, its realizations and how to access and use these realizations.

This document:

— describes ITRS following the definitions and terminology adopted by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU);

— describes different categories of ITRS realizations: its primary realization, labelled the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF), other existing realizations of reference systems that are mathematically derived from the ITRS, and realizations that are aligned to the ITRF, such as GNSS-specific reference frames;

— categorizes procedures for realizing the ITRS.

General Information

Status : Published
Standard Type: Main
Document No: ISO 19161-1:2020
Document Year: 2020
Pages: 16
Edition: 1
  • Section Volume:
  • ISO/TC 211. Geographic information/Geomatics
  • ICS:
  • 07.040 Astronomy. Geodesy. Geography
  • 35.240.70 IT applications in science

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