EPSG systems

EPSG:2396 South Yemen / Gauss-Kruger zone 9

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Yemen - South Yemen - mainland east of 48°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2396
NameSouth Yemen / Gauss-Kruger zone 9
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Yemen - South Yemen - mainland east of 48°E
Yemen - South Yemen onshore mainland east of 48°E.
Bounds W 48,00° · S 13,94° · E 53,14° · N 19,00°
Countries Yemen
DatumSouth Yemen
Ellipsoid Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3
Base geographic system EPSG:4164 — South Yemen
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 South Yemen to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1682) — accuracy 5 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin51degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting9500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=51 +k=1 +x_0=9500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=krass +units=m +towgs84=-76,-138,67 +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:2396.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["South_Yemen_GK_Zone_9",GEOGCS["GCS_South_Yemen",DATUM["D_South_Yemen",SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Gauss_Kruger"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",9500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",51.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Yemen

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