Source: A. de Bruijne, J. van Buren, A. Kösters and H. van der Marel, "De geodetische referentiestelsels van Nederland; Definitie en vastlegging van ETRS89, RD en NAP en hun onderlinge relatie". Delft: Nederlandse Commissie voor Geodesie (NCG), to be published in 2005. Meaning of parameters: tx translation in direction of x axis ty translation in direction of y axis tz translation in direction of z axis alpha rotation around x axis beta rotation around y axis gamma rotation around z axis delta scale parameter (scale = 1 + delta) x' x coordinate of pivot point y' y coordinate of pivot point z' z coordinate of pivot point Use of parameters: Pivot point: center of the ellipsoid output = (delta+1)*R(alpha, beta, gamma)*input+T T = [tx ty tz] Pivot point: Amersfoort output = (delta+1)*R(alpha, beta, gamma)*(input-pivot)+T T = [tx ty tz] pivot = [x' y' z'] Transformation parameters from ETRS89 to RD(Bessel) Pivot point: center of the ellipsoid tx -565.2334 meters ty -50.0127 meters tz -465.6571 meters alpha -1.9725 microradials -0.40685733 arcsec beta 1.7004 microradials 0.35073268 arcsec gamma -9.0677 microradials -1.87034738 arcsec delta -4.0812 parts per million Transformation parameters from ETRS89 to RD(Bessel) Pivot point: Amersfoort tx -593.0297 meters ty -26.0038 meters tz -478.7534 meters alpha -1.9725 microradials -0.40685733 arcsec beta 1.7004 microradials 0.35073268 arcsec gamma -9.0677 microradials -1.87034738 arcsec delta -4.0812 parts per million Cartesian coordinates of Amersfoort in ETRS89 x' 3904046.1779 m y' 368161.3173 m z' 5013449.0585 m Transformation parameters from RD(Bessel) to ETRS89 Pivot point: center of the ellipsoid tx 565.2369 meters ty 50.0087 meters tz 465.6580 meters alpha 1.9725 microradials 0.40685733 arcsec beta -1.7004 microradials -0.35073268 arcsec gamma 9.0677 microradials 1.87034738 arcsec delta 4.0812 parts per million Transformation parameters from RD(Bessel) to ETRS89 Pivot point: Amersfoort tx 593.0297 meters ty 26.0038 meters tz 478.7534 meters alpha 1.9725 microradials 0.40685733 arcsec beta -1.7004 microradials -0.35073268 arcsec gamma 9.0677 microradials 1.87034738 arcsec delta 4.0812 parts per million Cartesian coordinates of Amersfoort in RD(Bessel) x' 3903453.1482 meters y' 368135.3134 meters z' 5012970.3051 meters