EPSG systems

EPSG:10252 S45B-IRF

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Denmark - onshore Bornholm. 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:10252
NameS45B-IRF
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Denmark - onshore Bornholm
Denmark - Bornholm onshore.
Bounds W 14,59° · S 54,94° · E 15,25° · N 55,38°
Countries Denmark
DatumSystem 45 Bornholm Intermediate Datum
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeIntermediate stage in transformations - not used otherwise.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +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:10252.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_S45B-IRF",DATUM["System_45_Bornholm_Intermediate_Datum",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Denmark

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