EPSG systems

EPSG:2488 Pulkovo 1995 / Gauss-Kruger CM 171E

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Russia - 168°E to 174°E onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:2488
Name	Pulkovo 1995 / Gauss-Kruger CM 171E
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	Russia - 168°E to 174°E onshore Russian Federation - onshore between 168°E and 174°E.
Bounds	W 168,00° · S 54,45° · E 174,00° · N 70,19°
Countries	Russia
Datum	Pulkovo 1995
Ellipsoid	Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3
Base geographic system	EPSG:4200 — Pulkovo 1995
Unit	metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84	Pulkovo 1995 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:5043) — accuracy 1 m
Scope	Topographic mapping (medium scale).

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	0	degree
Longitude of natural origin	171	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	1	unity
False easting	500000	metre
False northing	0	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=171 +k=1 +x_0=500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=krass +units=m +towgs84=24.47,-130.89,-81.56,0,0,0.13,-0.22 +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:2488.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Pulkovo_1995_Gauss-Kruger_CM_171E",GEOGCS["GCS_Pulkovo_1995",DATUM["D_Pulkovo_1995",SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Gauss_Kruger"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",171.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Russia

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

Projection parameters

proj4 definition

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

Other systems — Russia