EPSG:4198 Kousseri
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Cameroon - N'Djamena 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:4198 |
|---|---|
| Name | Kousseri |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | Cameroon - N'Djamena area |
| Bounds | W 14,17° · S 11,70° · E 15,09° · N 12,77° |
| Countries | Cameroon |
| Datum | Kousseri |
| 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_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:4198.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Kousseri",DATUM["D_Kousseri",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.