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.
| Code | EPSG:24370 |
|---|---|
| Name | Kalianpur 1880 / India zone 0 |
| Type | Projected 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 |
| Datum | Kalianpur 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) |
| Scope | Engineering survey, topographic mapping. |
Projection parameters
| Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Latitude of natural origin | 39.5 | degree |
| Longitude of natural origin | 68 | degree |
| Scale factor at natural origin | 0.99846154 | unity |
| False easting | 2355500 | Indian yard |
| False northing | 2590000 | Indian 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]]
Other systems — Pakistan
- EPSG:4145Kalianpur 1962
- EPSG:24311Kalianpur 1962 / UTM zone 41N
- EPSG:24312Kalianpur 1962 / UTM zone 42N
- EPSG:24313Kalianpur 1962 / UTM zone 43N
- EPSG:24371Kalianpur 1880 / India zone I
- EPSG:24372Kalianpur 1880 / India zone IIa
- EPSG:24376Kalianpur 1962 / India zone I
- EPSG:24377Kalianpur 1962 / India zone IIa
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.