EPSG systems

EPSG:10214 GWWAB22-IRF

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: UK - Cardiff and the valleys. 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:10214
NameGWWAB22-IRF
TypeGeographic system
Area of use UK - Cardiff and the valleys
United Kingdom (UK) - on or related to the rail routes around Cardiff and the valleys.
Bounds W -3,60° · S 51,35° · E -3,12° · N 51,81°
Countries United Kingdom
DatumGWWAB22 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:10214.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_GWWAB22-IRF",DATUM["GWWAB22_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.