EPSG:4205 Afgooye
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Somalia - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4205 |
|---|---|
| Name | Afgooye |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | Somalia - onshore |
| Bounds | W 40,98° · S -1,71° · E 51,47° · N 12,03° |
| Countries | Somalia |
| Datum | Afgooye |
| 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 |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
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]]
Other systems — Somalia
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.