EPSG systems

EPSG:10204 DIBA15-IRF

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: UK - Didcot to Banbury. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:10204
NameDIBA15-IRF
TypeGeographic system
Area of use UK - Didcot to Banbury
United Kingdom (UK) - on or related to the rail route from Didcot to Banbury.
Bounds W -1,46° · S 51,57° · E -1,15° · N 52,11°
Countries United Kingdom
DatumDIBA15 Intermediate Reference Frame
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey and topographic mapping for railway applications.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:10204.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_DIBA15-IRF",DATUM["DIBA15_Intermediate_Reference_Frame",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — United Kingdom

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.