EPSG systems

EPSG:24370 Kalianpur 1880 / India zone 0

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)) in use: Pakistan - north of 35°35'N. 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:24370
NameKalianpur 1880 / India zone 0
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)
Area of use Pakistan - north of 35°35'N
Bounds W 71,18° · S 35,58° · E 77,01° · N 37,07°
Countries Pakistan
DatumKalianpur 1880
Ellipsoid Everest (1830 Definition) a = 6377299.36559538 m · 1/f = 300.801725543
Base geographic system EPSG:4243 — Kalianpur 1880
Unit Indian yard (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin39.5degree
Longitude of natural origin68degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.99846154unity
False easting2355500Indian yard
False northing2590000Indian yard

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_1=39.5 +lat_0=39.5 +lon_0=68 +k_0=0.99846154 +x_0=2153865.73916853 +y_0=2368292.1946281 +a=6377299.36559538 +b=6356098.35900516 +to_meter=0.914398530744441 +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:24370.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Kalianpur_1880_India_Zone_0",GEOGCS["GCS_Kalianpur_1880",DATUM["D_Kalianpur_1880",SPHEROID["Everest_1830",6377299.36559538,300.801725543355]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",2355500.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",2590000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",68.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",39.5],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99846154],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",39.5],UNIT["Indian yard",0.914398530744441]]

All systems — Pakistan

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