The projection is named after Carl Friedrich Gauss and Giovanni Boaga.
It was created by Giovanni Boaga in the 1940s who was at that time the head of the Istituto Geografico Militare.
[1] The grid system is based on the Roma 1940 datum, whose origin lies at Monte Mario near Rome.
[2] The projection is split into a western (EPSG:3003) and eastern zone (EPSG:3004).
It is used in Italy on- and-off shore west of the 12 °E longitude.