EPSG systems

EPSG:2416 Beijing 1954 / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 40

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: China - 118.5°E to 121.5°E onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2416
NameBeijing 1954 / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 40
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use China - 118.5°E to 121.5°E onshore
China - onshore between 118°30'E and 121°30'E.
Bounds W 118,50° · S 24,43° · E 121,50° · N 53,33°
Countries China
DatumBeijing 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 (2) (EPSG:15919) — accuracy 15 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin120degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting40500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=120 +k=1 +x_0=40500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=krass +units=m +towgs84=15.53,-113.82,-41.38,0,0,0.814,-0.38 +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:2416.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Beijing_1954_3_Degree_GK_Zone_40",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",40500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",120.0],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.