[coordinate systems, map projections]
An ellipsoidal projected coordinate system that uses the transverse Mercator projection to divide the world into standard zones 6 degrees wide. Used mainly in Europe and Asia, the Gauss-Krüger coordinate system is similar to the universal transverse Mercator coordinate system. The Gauss-Krüger projection is named for the German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) and the German mathematician and surveyor/geodesist Johann Heinrich Louis Krüger (1857–1923).