EPSG systems

EPSG:28411 Pulkovo 1942 / Gauss-Kruger zone 11

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Asia - FSU onshore 60°E to 66°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:28411
NamePulkovo 1942 / Gauss-Kruger zone 11
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Asia - FSU onshore 60°E to 66°E
Kazakhstan; Russian Federation - onshore; Uzbekistan - 60°E to 66°E; Turkmenistan - east of 60°E.
Bounds W 60,00° · S 35,14° · E 66,00° · N 81,77°
Also covers Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
DatumPulkovo 1942
Ellipsoid Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3
Base geographic system EPSG:4284 — Pulkovo 1942
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Pulkovo 1942 to WGS 84 (16) (EPSG:15865) — accuracy 4.5 m
ScopeTopographic mapping (medium scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin63degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting11500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=63 +k=1 +x_0=11500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=krass +units=m +towgs84=25,-141,-78.5,0,0.35,0.736,0 +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:28411.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Pulkovo_1942_GK_Zone_11",GEOGCS["GCS_Pulkovo_1942",DATUM["D_Pulkovo_1942",SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Gauss_Kruger"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",11500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",63.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Kazakhstan

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