EPSG systems

EPSG:21414 Beijing 1954 / Gauss-Kruger zone 14

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: China - 78°E to 84°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:21414
Name	Beijing 1954 / Gauss-Kruger zone 14
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	China - 78°E to 84°E China - between 78°E and 84°E.
Bounds	W 77,98° · S 29,16° · E 84,00° · N 47,23°
Countries	China
Datum	Beijing 1954
Ellipsoid	Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3
Base geographic system	EPSG:4214 — Beijing 1954
Unit	metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84	Beijing 1954 to WGS 84 (4) (EPSG:15921) — accuracy 1 m
Scope	Topographic mapping (medium scale).

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	0	degree
Longitude of natural origin	81	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	1	unity
False easting	14500000	metre
False northing	0	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=81 +k=1 +x_0=14500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=krass +units=m +towgs84=15.8,-154.4,-82.3 +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:21414.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Beijing_1954_GK_Zone_14",GEOGCS["GCS_Beijing_1954",DATUM["D_Beijing_1954",SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Gauss_Kruger"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",14500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",81.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — China

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

Projection parameters

proj4 definition

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

Other systems — China