EPSG systems

EPSG:4124 RT90

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Sweden. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4124
NameRT90
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Sweden
Sweden - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 10,03° · S 54,96° · E 24,17° · N 69,07°
Countries Sweden
DatumRikets koordinatsystem 1990
Ellipsoid Bessel 1841 a = 6377397.155 m · 1/f = 299.1528128
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 RT90 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1896) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=bessel +towgs84=414.1,41.3,603.1,-0.855,2.141,-7.023,0 +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:4124.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_RT_1990",DATUM["D_RT_1990",SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Sweden

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