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+EPSG Geodetic Parameters
+
+The OGP Surveying and Positioning Committee, through its geodesy
+sub-committee, maintains and publishes a dataset of parameters for
+coordinate reference system and coordinate transformation description.
+The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset has been included as reference
+data in UKOOA and SEG positioning data exchange formats, the GeoTIFF
+interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery, the IHS Energy
+Iris21, PPDM and POSC Epicentre data models. The dataset is
+distributed in an MS Access relational database and SQL script files.
+
+This package includes the technical documentation for the EPSG database.