EPSG:28191 Palestine 1923 / Palestine Grid
Projected system (Cassini-Soldner) in use: Asia - Middle East - Israel, Jordan and Palestine onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.
| Code | EPSG:28191 |
|---|---|
| Name | Palestine 1923 / Palestine Grid |
| Type | Projected system — Cassini-Soldner |
| Area of use |
Asia - Middle East - Israel, Jordan and Palestine onshore Israel - onshore; Jordan; Palestine Territory - onshore. |
| Bounds | W 34,17° · S 29,18° · E 39,31° · N 33,38° |
| Countries | Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Territories |
| Datum | Palestine 1923 |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1880 (Benoit) a = 6378300.789 m · 1/f = 293.466315539 |
| Base geographic system | EPSG:4281 — Palestine 1923 |
| Unit | metre (E east, N north) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Palestine 1923 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1074) — accuracy 2 m |
| Scope | Engineering survey, topographic mapping. |
Projection parameters
| Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Latitude of natural origin | 31.734096944444445 | degree |
| Longitude of natural origin | 35.21208055555556 | degree |
| False easting | 170251.555 | metre |
| False northing | 126867.909 | metre |
proj4 definition
+proj=cass +lat_0=31.7340969444444 +lon_0=35.2120805555556 +x_0=170251.555 +y_0=126867.909 +a=6378300.789 +b=6356566.435 +units=m +towgs84=-275.7224,94.7824,340.8944,-8.001,-4.42,-11.821,1 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:28191.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
PROJCS["Palestine_1923_Palestine_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_Palestine_1923",DATUM["D_Palestine_1923",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_Benoit",6378300.789,293.466315538981]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Cassini"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",170251.555],PARAMETER["False_Northing",126867.909],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",35.2120805555556],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",31.7340969444444],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]Other systems — Israel
- EPSG:2039Israel 1993 / Israeli TM Grid
- EPSG:4141Israel 1993
- EPSG:4281Palestine 1923
- EPSG:6983IG05 Intermediate CRS
- EPSG:6984Israeli Grid 05
- EPSG:6990IG05/12 Intermediate CRS
- EPSG:6991Israeli Grid 05/12
- EPSG:7136IGD05
- EPSG:7139IGD05/12
- EPSG:7142Palestine 1923 / Palestine Grid modified
- EPSG:28192Palestine 1923 / Palestine Belt
- EPSG:28193Palestine 1923 / Israeli CS Grid
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.