EPSG systems

EPSG:2313 Kousseri / UTM zone 33N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Cameroon - N'Djamena area. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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:2313
NameKousseri / UTM zone 33N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Cameroon - N'Djamena area
Bounds W 14,17° · S 11,70° · E 15,09° · N 12,77°
Countries Cameroon
DatumKousseri
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Base geographic system EPSG:4198 — Kousseri
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin15degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=33 +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +units=m +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:2313.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Kousseri_UTM_Zone_33N",GEOGCS["GCS_Kousseri",DATUM["D_Kousseri",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",15.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Cameroon

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