EPSG systems

EPSG:30491 Voirol 1875 / Nord Algerie (ancienne)

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)) in use: Algeria - north of 34°39'N. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:30491
NameVoirol 1875 / Nord Algerie (ancienne)
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)
Area of use Algeria - north of 34°39'N
Algeria - onshore north of 38.5 grads North (34°39'N).
Bounds W -2,22° · S 34,64° · E 8,64° · N 37,14°
Countries Algeria
DatumVoirol 1875
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (IGN) a = 6378249.2 m · 1/f = 293.466021294
Base geographic system EPSG:4304 — Voirol 1875
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Voirol 1875 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1294) — accuracy 999 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin40grad
Longitude of natural origin3grad
Scale factor at natural origin0.999625544unity
False easting500000metre
False northing300000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_1=36 +lat_0=36 +lon_0=2.7 +k_0=0.999625544 +x_0=500000 +y_0=300000 +ellps=clrk80ign +units=m +towgs84=-73,-247,227 +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:30491.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Nord_Algerie_Ancienne",GEOGCS["GCS_Voirol_1875",DATUM["D_Voirol_1875",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_IGN",6378249.2,293.466021293627]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",300000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",2.7],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",36.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999625544],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",36.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Algeria

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