References

https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/MPUHG

LEGAL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO CRS OF NORTH MACEDONIA:             

LAWS: https://www.katastar.gov.mk/закони   &   https://www.katastar.gov.mk/en/regulation/laws (Accessed on August 2025)

Закон за катастар на недвижности („Сл. весник на РМ” бр.55/13, 41/14, 101/14, 115/14, 116/2015, 153/2015, 192/15, 61/2016, 172/16, 64/18, 124/19 и 155/24), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/Regulativa/zakoni/zakoni/Zakon_za_katastar_na_nedviznosti_2019_juni_08102019.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Law on real estate cadastre (Official gazette of RM no. 55/13, 41/14, 101/14, 115/14, 116/2015, 153/2015, 192/15, 61/2016, 172/16, 64/18, 124/19 и 155/24) https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/en/regulation/laws/Law%20for%20real%20estate%20cadastre_consolidated%20text_June_2019.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Закон за катастар на недвижности („Сл. весник на РМ” бр. 40/08, 158/10, 17/11, 51/11 и 74/12), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/Regulativa/zakoni/zakoni%20von%20sila/Zakon%20za%20KN%20konsolidiran_juni2012.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Law on real estate cadastre (Official gazette of RM no. 40/08, 158/10, 17/11, 51/11 и 74/12)   https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/en/regulation/laws_outsideOfForce_web01/Law%20on%20Real%20Estate%20Cadastre_eng-consolidated%20version%20July%202012.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Закон за премер и катастар на земјиштето („Сл. весник на СРМ” бр.34/72 и 13/78), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/Regulativa/zakoni/zakoni%20von%20sila/za01_premer_zemjiste__.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Law on Survey and Land Cadastre (Official Gazette of SR. Macedonia no.34/72 and 13/78), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/en/regulation/laws_outsideOfForce_web01/za01_premer_zemjiste.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Regulations: https://www.katastar.gov.mk/правилници/   &   https://www.katastar.gov.mk/en/regulation/archive (Accessed on August 2025)

Правилник за државни премер, I део, Триангулација, књига прва. 1951. [Regulation on State Survey, Part One, Triangulation. Book One. 1951],   READ ONLINE

Правилник за државни премер, II-A део, Основни радови на градском премеру, 1956. [Regulation on State Survey, Part II-A: Basic Works on Urban Survey. 1956],   READ ONLINE

Правилник за државни премер, II део, Опште одредбе о премеру и прописи о полигонској и линиској мрежи, 1958. [Regulation on State Survey, Part II: General Provisions on Surveying and Regulations on the Polygonal and Linear Networks. 1958],   READ ONLINE

Правилник за основни геодетски работи и за поставување на мрежи на геодетски точки (“Сл. весник на РМ” бр.85/07), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/Regulativa/Pravilnici/PRAVILNIK%20ZA%20OSNOVNI%20GEODETSKI%20RABOTI%20maj%202007.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Regulation for the Basic Geodetic Works and Establishment of Geodetic Point Networks (Official gazette of RM no.85/07), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/en/regulation/archive_regulations/Regulation_for_Basic_Geodetic_Works_and_establishment_of_Geodetic_Point_Networks.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Правилник за основни геодетски работи (“Сл. весник на РМ бр.151/13”), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/Regulativa/Pravilnici/osnovni%20geodetski%20raboti.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Рegulation for basic geodetic works (Official gazette of RM no.151/13), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/en/regulation/archive_regulations/Regulation_for_basic_geodetic_works_en.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Правилник за начинот на изготвување на топографски карти, ортофото карти/планови и картографски производи (“Сл. весник на РМ бр.159 /13, 265/20”), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/Regulativa/Pravilnici/precisteni/Pravilnik_kartografija_interen_precisten_2020.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Regulation for the manner of preparation of topographic maps, ortophoto maps and cartographic products (Official gazette of RM no. 159 /13, 265/20), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/en/regulation/archive_regulations/Regulation_of_Cartography_en.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Правилник за начинот на изработка на топографските карти (“Сл. весник на РМ бр.30/09”), https://www.slvesnik.com.mk/Issues/C32047F9B0B2D94AA3DD3C282F383004.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025) – READ ONLINE

Regulation on the manner of production the topographic maps (Official gazette of RM no. 30/09), https://www.katastar.gov.mk/wp-content/uploads/en/regulation/archive_regulations/Regulation_on_the_Manner_of_Production_of_Topographic_Maps.pdf, (Accessed on August 2025)  – READ ONLINE

LINKS TO INTERNATIONAL CODING OF CRS OF NORTH MACEDONIA:

https://epsg.org/crs_6316/MGI-1901-Balkans-zone-7.html?sessionkey=b76u6wn8mo, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://epsg.org/crs_6204/Macedonia-State-Coordinate-System.html?sessionkey=m5l7qwlbxr, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://epsg.org/crs_9945/Macedonia-State-Coordinate-System-truncated.html?sessionkey=b602r3llwy, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://epsg.org/closed-change-request/browse/id/2013.019, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://epsg.org/closed-change-request/browse/id/2022.009, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://epsg.org/closed-change-request/browse/id/2015.03, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/3246, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/56009, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/3587, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/3588, (Accessed on August 2025)

https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/53577, (Accessed on August 2025)

PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO CRS OF NORTH MACEDONIA:

Ribarovski, R. (1978). Теоретски аспекти за изработка на стереографска проекција за територијата на Република Македонија [Theoretical aspects of preparing stereographic projection of the territory of Republic of Macedonia] (Habitation work). University “St. Cyril and Methodius,” Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Geodesy. Skopje.  

Ribarovski, R., Markoski, B., Srbinoski, S., & Jovanov, J. (1998). Избор на најсоодветна картографска проекција за претставување на територијата на Република Македонија [Choice of the best map projection for projecting the territory of the Republic of Macedonia]. Scientific project, University “St. Cyril and Methodius,” Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Geodesy. Skopje.

Srbinoski, Z. (2000). Прилог кон истражувањата за дефинирање на државна картографска проекција [Enclosure to research on defining a new state cartographic projection] (Doctoral dissertation). University “St. Cyril and Methodius,” Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Geodesy. Skopje.

Markoski, B., & Srbinoski, Z. (2000). UTM систем – стандард за изработка на топографски карти [UTM system – a standard for the production of topographic maps]. Geographical Reviews, 35, 157–171. Skopje. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Blagoja-Markoski/publication/323152807

Idrizi, B., Imeri, R., Angelevski, D., Skenderi, F., & Hamiti, R. (2005). Анализë e projeksionit hartografik të Republikës së Maqedonisë [Analysis of the cartographic projection of the Republic of Macedonia]. In Seminari i dytë i SHAIN-it (ISBN 9989-2408-0-9). Tetovë.

Idrizi, B. (2014). Length differences between topography surface and map projections: Case study of the country area of Macedonia. In Proceedings of ICC-GIS 2014 (pp. 154–163). https://cartography-gis.com/docsbca/5ICCandGIS_Proceedings.pdf

Hamza, V. (2018). Level of adaptability of five conic map projection variants on Macedonian national area as state map projection. Micro, Macro & Mezzo Geoinformation. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.23550.28489 https://mmm-gi.geo-see.org/wp-content/uploads/MMM-GI_10/Hamza.pdf

Idrizi, B., Pashova, L., Kabashi, I., Mulic, M., Krdzalic, D., Tutic, D., Vucetic, N., Kevic, K., Nikolic, G., & Djurovic, R. (2018). Study of length differences from topography to map projection within the state coordinate systems for some countries on the Balkan Peninsula. In Proceedings of the FIG Congress 2018. https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2018/papers/ts08e/TS08E_idrizi_pashova_et_al_9602.pdf

Srbinoski, Z., Bogdanoski, Z., Kasapovski, F., & Gegovski, T. (2018). Stereographic projection for the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. Scientific Journal of Civil Engineering, 7(2), 35–42. https://sjce.gf.ukim.edu.mk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/volume-7-issue-2-stereographic-projection-for-territory-of-the-republic-of-macedonia.pdf

Srbinoski, Z. (2019). Студија за избор на нова државна картографска проекција [Study on the selection of a new national map projection]. Agency for Real Estate Cadastre. Skopje. ISBN 978-608-66369-0-6

Srbinoski, Z., Bogdanoski, Z., Kasapovski, F., & Geogovski, T. (2019). Tissot compensation projection for the territory of Macedonia. Scientific Journal of Civil Engineering, 8(1). https://sjce.gf.ukim.edu.mk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/volume-8-issue-1-tissot-compensation-projection-for-the-territory-of-macedonia.pdf

Idrizi, B. (2019). Harmonization of different type of coordinate systems used for North Macedonian official spatial data. Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association, 2, 46. https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-2-46-2019

Idrizi, B. (2021). Redefining of “EPSG” and “PROJ” for current State Coordinate Reference System of the Republic of North Macedonia. Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association, 4, 45. https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-4-45-2021

Srbinoski, Z., Bogdanoski, Z., Kasapovski, F., Gegovski, T., & Petrovski, F. (2022). Transverse Mercator projection for the territory of Macedonia. Scientific Journal of Civil Engineering, 11(2). https://sjce.gf.ukim.edu.mk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/12_vol11-issue-2-srbinoski.pdf

Idrizi, B. (2023). Current conditions, opportunities and deficiencies of using State Coordinate Reference System of North Macedonia from international EPSG and PROJ databases. Abstracts of the International Cartographic Association, 6, 297. https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-6-297-2023

Srbinoski, Z., Bogdanoski, Z., Kasapovski, F., & Geogovski, T. (2023). Criteria and standards for selecting a new state cartographic projection. Scientific Journal of Civil Engineering, 12(1). https://sjce.gf.ukim.edu.mk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/04.criteria-and-standards-for-selecting-a-new-state-cartographic-projection-online-1.pdf 

Idrizi, B. (2025). CRS transformations in North Macedonia: Accuracy, offsets, and harmonization pathways. Journal of Applied Geodesy. https://doi.org/10.1515/jag-2025-0098

Idrizi, B. (2025). Evaluation of topography-to-projection distortions in the State Coordinate System of North Macedonia. Turkish Journal of Engineering. https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.1795368 

INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO PLANE CRS IN NATIONAL LEVEL:

Institute for Environment and sustainability (2001). Map projections for Europe. EUR20120EN. https://mapref.org/LinkedDocuments/MapProjectionsForEurope-EUR-20120.pdf   

Lapaine, M., & Tutić, D. (2007). New official map projection of Croatia – HTRS96/TM / O novoj službenoj kartografskoj projekciji Hrvatske – HTRS96/TM. Cartography and geoinformation, Special Issue, 34–53. https://hrcak.srce.hr/en/file/20089  

Tutić, D. (2008). Stereografska i druge konformne projekcije za Hrvatsku [Stereographic and Other Conformal Projections for Croatia] (Doctoral dissertation). University of Zagreb. https://www.scribd.com/doc/259178361/425256-Tutic-Drazen-Disertacija

Rolbiecki, D. A., & Lyle, S. D. (2008). Hybrid State Plane Coordinate System for transforming a citywide survey control network to surface values—Case study for Frisco, Texas. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 134(4), 105–112. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9453(2008)134:4(105)

Idrizi B., Bajrami F., Lubishtani M., (2009), Projecting of Territory of the Republic of Kosova in Several Most Used State Map Projections, Proceedings of FIG working week 2009. https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2009/papers/ts04c/ts04c_idrizi_bajrami_lubishtani_3350.pdf

Rajaković, M., & Lapaine, M. (2010). The best conic conformal map projection for the territory of Croatia / Najbolja konformna konusna projekcija za Hrvatsku. Kartografija i geoinformacije, 14, 24–44. https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/97208

Nikolli, P., Idrizi, B. (2010). The Coordinate Reference Systems of Spatial Data Infrastructure in Albania. Proceedings of International conference SDI2010. http://parcebourg.free.fr/sdiconf2010/Nikolli_Idrizi.pdf

Nikolli, P., Idrizi, B. (2011). Coordinate Reference Systems Used in Albania to Date. FIG proceedings, TS05D - National Geodesy II (Flash). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236013817_Coordinate_Reference_Systems_Used_in_Albania_to_Date

Karitarova, V. (2012). Българска геодезическа система 2005 – история и бъдеще [Bulgarian Geodetic System 2005 – History and Future]. Geomedia. https://www.geomedia.bg/geodesia/balgarska-geodezicheska-sistema-2005-is-2/

Agency for geodesy, cartography and cadastre. (2012). ИНСТРУКЦИЯ № РД-02-20-12 от 03 август 2012 г. за преобразуване на съществуващите геодезически и картографски материали и данни в „Българска геодезическа система 2005“[INSTRUCTION No. RD-02-20-12 of August 3, 2012 on the transformation of existing geodetic and cartographic materials and data into the "Bulgarian Geodetic System 2005"].  https://www.cadastre.bg/sites/default/files/documents/regulation/instrukcii/instr_bgs2005_08_2012_dv63.pdf

Agency for geodesy, cartography and cadastre. (2013). ОСНОВНИ ПОЛОЖЕНИЯ за практическо прилагане на Българска геодезическа система 2005 (БГС2005) [BASIC PROVISIONS for the practical application of the Bulgarian Geodetic System 2005 (BGS2005)]. https://www.cadastre.bg/sites/default/files/documents/regulation/Ukazaniya/basic_steps_apllying_bgs2005.pdf

Borisov, M., Petrovic, V., Vulic, M. (2015). Optimal map conic projection - a case study for the geographic territory of Serbia. Tehnički vjesnik 22, 2, 391-399. https://hrcak.srce.hr/en/file/20089

Kuniansky, L. E. (2016). Custom map projections for regional groundwater models. Groundwater, 54(5), 704–710. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12450

Nikolli, P., Gashi, F., Kabashi. I. (2016). The cartographic projections used in Albanian maps. Micro, Macro and Mezzo Geo Information 6/2016, UDC 528.93:528.235(496.5). https://mmm-gi.geo-see.org/wp-content/uploads/MMM-GI_6/Nikolli_P-Gashi_F-Kabashi_I.pdf

Dennis, M. L. (2016). Ground truth: Low distortion map projections for engineering, surveying, and GIS. In B. L. Livingston, C. Cate III, A. Pridmore, J. W. Heidrick, & J. Geisbush (Eds.), Proceedings of Pipelines 2016: Out of sight, out of mind, not out of risk (pp. 857–869). ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784479957.079

Dennis, M. L. (2018). The State Plane Coordinate System: History, policy, and future directions. NOAA Special Publication NOS NGS 13. https://geodesy.noaa.gov/library/pdfs/SP_NOS_NGS_13.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Rollins, C. M., & Meyer, T. H. (2019). Four methods for low-distortion projections. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 145(4). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000295

Idrizi B. (2020): International EPSG coding of the state coordinate reference system of the republic of Kosova. Proceedings Vol. 1, 8th International Conference on Cartography and GIS, 2020, pages 451-461. Nessebar, Bulgaria ISSN: 1314-0604. https://iccgis2020.cartography-gis.com/8ICCGIS-Vol1/8ICCGIS_Proceedings_Vol1_(49).pdf   

Baselga Moreno, S. (2020). Optimising 2-parameter Lambert conformal conic projections for ground-to-grid distortions. Survey Review, 53(379), 295–304. https://doi.org/10.1080/00396265.2020.1797339

Borisov, M., Gavrilović, M., Sladić, D., Radulović, A., & Petrović, V. M. (2020). Comparative analysis of length differences between georeference surfaces. Geocarto International, 37(3), 944–960. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2020.1750065  

Baselga Moreno, S. (2021). Two conformal projections for constant-height surface to plane mapping. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 147(2). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000345

Vonderohe, A. P., & Dennis, M. L. (2022). Minimizing root-mean-square linear distortion in common conformal map projections. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 148(4). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000381   

Dennis, M. (2023). The future is here: Introducing the State Plane Coordinate System of 2022. FIG proceedings 2023. https://fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2023/papers/cinema03/CINEMA03_dennis_12044.pdf   

Lapaine, M., & Frančula, N. (2024). Kartografske projekcije s obzirom na njihovu primjenu u Hrvatskoj / Map projections with reference to their application in Croatia. Kartografija i geoinformacije, 23(41), 22–51. https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/475682

Bandrova, T., Gyurov, T. (2024). Standard parallels choice for lambert conformal conic projection for Bulgaria - BGS2005. Proceedings of 9^th ICC-GIS. https://iccgis2024.cartography-gis.com/papers/9ICCGIS-Proceedings_Paper%20(10).pdf

Idrizi, B. (2025): Assessment of the methodology for defining the state plane coordinate reference system for topographic mapping, cadastre and engineering geodesy purposes. 32nd International Cartographic Conference of International Cartographic Association in Vancouver, Canada. https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-10-118-2025  

Kateliev, S. (2025). Разработване и анализ на картографски проекции с минимална линейна деформация за територията на България [Development and Analysis of Map Projections with Minimal Linear Deformation for the Territory of Bulgaria]. (Doctoral dissertation). Mining and Geological University “St. Ivan Rilski” in Sofia, Faculty of Mining Technology, Department of Mine Surveying and Geodesy. https://mgu.bg/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Автореферат-Симеон-Кателиев.pdf

Idrizi, B., & Pashova, L. (2025). Book of Abstracts: International Scientific Conference "Towards a State Plane Coordinate System: Scientific Approach and Practical Challenges" 2025. Micro, Macro & Mezzo Geo Information, Special issue. Geo-SEE Institute. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17957669