EPSG systems

EPSG:4205 Afgooye

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4205
NameAfgooye
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Somalia - onshore
Bounds W 40,98° · S -1,71° · E 51,47° · N 12,03°
Countries Somalia
DatumAfgooye
Ellipsoid Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Afgooye to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1107) — accuracy 44 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=krass +towgs84=-43,-163,45 +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:4205.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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

All systems — Somalia

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