EPSG systems

EPSG:3367 IGN Astro 1960 / UTM zone 28N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Mauritania - west of 12°W onshore. 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.

System record
CodeEPSG:3367
NameIGN Astro 1960 / UTM zone 28N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Mauritania - west of 12°W onshore
Mauritania - onshore west of 12°W.
Bounds W -17,08° · S 14,72° · E -12,00° · N 23,46°
Countries Mauritania
DatumIGN Astro 1960
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Base geographic system EPSG:4700 — IGN Astro 1960
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeTopographic mapping (small scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-15degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=28 +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +units=m +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:3367.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["IGN_Astro_1960_UTM_Zone_28N",GEOGCS["GCS_IGN_Astro_1960",DATUM["D_IGN_Astro_1960",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-15.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Mauritania

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