EPSG systems

EPSG:2070 ELD79 / Libya zone 7

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Libya - 12°E to 14°E onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2070
NameELD79 / Libya zone 7
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Libya - 12°E to 14°E onshore
Libya - onshore between 12°E and 14°E.
Bounds W 12,00° · S 22,80° · E 14,00° · N 33,06°
Countries Libya
DatumEuropean Libyan Datum 1979
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4159 — ELD79
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 ELD79 to WGS 84 (8) (EPSG:15909) — accuracy 5 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin13degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9999unity
False easting200000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=13 +k=0.9999 +x_0=200000 +y_0=0 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-115.8543,-99.0583,-152.4616 +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:2070.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["ELD_1979_Libya_7",GEOGCS["GCS_European_Libyan_Datum_1979",DATUM["D_European_Libyan_1979",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",200000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",13.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Libya

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