EPSG systems

EPSG:4191 Albanian 1987

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4191
NameAlbanian 1987
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Albania - onshore
Bounds W 19,22° · S 39,64° · E 21,06° · N 42,67°
Countries Albania
DatumAlbanian 1987
Ellipsoid Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Albanian 1987 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:7834) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=krass +towgs84=-44.183,-0.58,-38.489,2.3867,2.7072,-3.5196,-8.2703 +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:4191.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Albanian_1987",DATUM["D_Albanian_1987",SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Albania

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