EPSG systems

EPSG:4181 LUREF

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4181
NameLUREF
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Luxembourg
Bounds W 5,73° · S 49,44° · E 6,53° · N 50,19°
Countries Luxembourg
DatumLuxembourg Reference Frame
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 LUREF to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:5486) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-189.6806,18.3463,-42.7695,-0.33746,-3.09264,2.53861,0.4598 +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:4181.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_LUREF",DATUM["D_Luxembourg_Reference_Frame",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Luxembourg

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