EPSG systems

EPSG:4166 Korean 1995

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Korea, Republic of (South Korea) - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4166
NameKorean 1995
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Korea, Republic of (South Korea) - onshore
Republic of Korea (South Korea) - onshore.
Bounds W 124,53° · S 33,14° · E 131,01° · N 38,64°
Countries South Korea
DatumKorean Datum 1995
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Korean 1995 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1558) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +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:4166.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Korean_Datum_1995",DATUM["D_Korean_Datum_1995",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — South Korea

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