Brian,
Simple answer: The U.S. Army Map Service adjusted Austria
to the European Datum 1950 (International ellipsoid) in
1951. There's an enormous amount of history on Austrian
Geodesy and Mapping, but I think that answers your question
succintly. AMS did the entire computation on the UTM Grid.
See my column on Belgium in "Photogrammetric Engineering
and Remote Sensing." Past columns of mine can be
downloaded from:
http://www.asprs.org/resources.html
Look under "Grids and Datums." (I think Belgium is
available there).
Clifford J. Mugnier ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The Topographic Engineering Laboratory
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, Louisiana 70148
Voice and Facsimilie: (504) 280-7095
On Saturday, 26 February, 2000 11:10 PM, Brian wrote:
> Cliff
>
> I sincerely apologize for the intrusion, but I figure
that
> if anyone knows the answer, it is you.
>
> Austria joined the UTM standard in 1997 after joining
NATO
> yet a 1951 map of Kufstein/Tyrol Austria, made in 1951
> and presented to a professor of mine by the Geography
> Department at the University of Salzberg was created
> using the UTM standard for the time.
>
> Any ideas other than the U.S. military had implemented
UTM
> at the time and were probably influencing the region as a
> result of their occupation of Germany.
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
> Brian
>
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