EPSG systems

EPSG:4188 OSNI 1952

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: UK - Northern Ireland - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4188
NameOSNI 1952
TypeGeographic system
Area of use UK - Northern Ireland - onshore
United Kingdom (UK) - Northern Ireland (Ulster) - onshore.
Bounds W -8,18° · S 53,96° · E -5,34° · N 55,36°
Countries United Kingdom
DatumOSNI 1952
Ellipsoid Airy 1830 a = 6377563.396 m · 1/f = 299.3249646
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 OSNI 1952 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1955) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6377563.3959999997 +rf=299.3249646 +towgs84=482.5,-130.6,564.6,-1.042,-0.214,-0.631,8.15 +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:4188.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_OSNI_1952",DATUM["D_OSNI_1952",SPHEROID["Airy_1830",6377563.396,299.3249646]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — United Kingdom

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