EPSG systems

EPSG:3766 HTRS96 / Croatia LCC

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)) in use: Croatia. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:3766
NameHTRS96 / Croatia LCC
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)
Area of use Croatia
Croatia - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 13,00° · S 41,62° · E 19,43° · N 46,54°
Countries Croatia
DatumCroatian Terrestrial Reference System
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4761 — HTRS96
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 HTRS96 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15967) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of false origin0degree
Longitude of false origin16.5degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel45.916666666666664degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel43.083333333333336degree
Easting at false origin0metre
Northing at false origin0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=16.5 +lat_1=45.9166666666667 +lat_2=43.0833333333333 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:3766.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["HTRS96_Croatia_LCC",GEOGCS["GCS_HTRS96",DATUM["D_Croatian_Terrestrial_Reference_System",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",16.5],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",45.9166666666667],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",43.0833333333333],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Croatia

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