RD center Amersfoort - Netherlands
Posted by: eikenboom
N 52° 09.310 E 005° 23.232
31U E 663303 N 5780983
The central point for the Dutch benchmarking system
Waymark Code: WM6ERF
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Date Posted: 05/23/2009
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The Dutch benchmarking system (RD short for RijksDriehoeksmeting or Federal Triangulation) is based on a center point near the true geographical center of The Netherlands.
This church in Amersfoort was chosen as the center for the RD system. Coordinates are written in an X (east) and Y (north) coordinate in meter precision, so the coordinates of this church became X = 0 Y = 0.
Around 1970, however, the point was moved away to the southwest to make all coordinates in The Netherlands positive, giving this church now the RD coordinates X = 155000, Y = 463000.
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