EPSG:4197 Garoua
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Cameroon - Garoua area. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.
| Code | EPSG:4197 |
|---|---|
| Name | Garoua |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | Cameroon - Garoua area |
| Bounds | W 12,90° · S 8,92° · E 14,19° · N 9,87° |
| Countries | Cameroon |
| Datum | Garoua |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:4197.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Garoua",DATUM["D_Garoua",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Cameroon
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.