Basic point of the Bucovina cadastral datum

Romania / Suceava / Galanesti /
 place with historical importance, interesting place
In the XIX centur, at the area of Austrian Empire (from 1867, Autria-Hungary) has run eight coordinate systems used in the real estate cadastral land surveing. Each cadastral datum has a basic point, which geographic coordinates were very precise astronomicaly determined. The smallest one was 'Bukovina datum' which comprised the area of Bukovina Dutchy, now lying at the terytory of Romania and Ukraine. Its basic point was the western end of base line, north form the city of Rădăuți in Romania; in Gălăneşti town stands a monument which marks this point.
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Coordinates:   47°54'22"N   25°48'48"E
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