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The European grid is a proposed, multipurpose Pan-European mapping standard. It is based on the ETRS89 Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area projection coordinate reference system, with the centre of the projection at the point 52° N, 10° E and false easting: x0 = 4321000 m, false northing: y0 = 3210000 m.
The grid is designated as Grid_ETRS89-LAEA5210. For identification of an individual resolution level, the name is extended by identification of cell size in metres.
The origin of Grid_ETRS89-LAEA5210 coincides with the false origin of the ETRS89-LAEA coordinate reference system. Grid points of grids based on ETRS89-LAEA must coincide with grid points at Grid_ETRS89-LAEA5210.
The grid is defined as hierarchical one in metric coordinates in power of 10.The resolution of the grid is 1m, 10m, 100m, 1000m, 10,000m, 100,000m.The grid orientation is south-north, west-east.The reference point of the grid cell for grids based on ETRS89-LAEA is the lower left corner of the grid cell.