EPSG:20539 Afgooye / UTM zone 39N
Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Somalia - onshore east of 48°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.
| Code | EPSG:20539 |
|---|---|
| Name | Afgooye / UTM zone 39N |
| Type | Projected system — Transverse Mercator |
| Area of use | Somalia - onshore east of 48°E |
| Bounds | W 48,00° · S 4,44° · E 51,47° · N 12,03° |
| Countries | Somalia |
| Datum | Afgooye |
| Ellipsoid | Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3 |
| Base geographic system | EPSG:4205 — Afgooye |
| Unit | metre (E east, N north) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Afgooye to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1107) — accuracy 44 m |
| Scope | Engineering survey, topographic mapping. |
Projection parameters
| Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Latitude of natural origin | 0 | degree |
| Longitude of natural origin | 51 | degree |
| Scale factor at natural origin | 0.9996 | unity |
| False easting | 500000 | metre |
| False northing | 0 | metre |
proj4 definition
+proj=utm +zone=39 +ellps=krass +units=m +towgs84=-43,-163,45 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:20539.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
PROJCS["Afgooye_UTM_Zone_39N",GEOGCS["GCS_Afgooye",DATUM["D_Afgooye",SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",51.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]Other systems — Somalia
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.