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Common European Chorological Grid Reference System (CGRS)

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Created : Nov 13, 2009 Published : Oct 23, 2003 Last modified : Nov 29, 2012 11:57 AM

Topics: Biodiversity , Policy instruments ,

In year 2000 representatives of the atlas groups mapping the European vascular plants, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fungi and invertebrates agreed to use the CGRS as a common grid for species distribution mapping. The CGRS grid is modified from the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS). The MGRS itself is an alphanumeric version of a numerical UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) or UPS (Universal Polar Stereographic) grid coordinate.

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Temporal coverage:: 2003
Last upload:: 23 Oct 2003
Geographical coverage:
Tags:: biodiversity | UTM | geospatial data | species | vector data | grid | EEA owned data sets
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Methodology:: see http://www.luomus.fi/english/botany/afe/index.htm
Units:: Grid size 50 km x 50 km
Coordinate reference system:: EPSG:4326
Data sources: Atlas Florae Europaeae (AFE), http://www.luomus.fi/english/botany/afe/index.htm.
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity (ETC/NPB)

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