EPSG systems

EPSG:4214 Beijing 1954

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4214
NameBeijing 1954
TypeGeographic system
Area of use China
China - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 73,62° · S 16,70° · E 134,77° · N 53,56°
Countries China
DatumBeijing 1954
Ellipsoid Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Beijing 1954 to WGS 84 (4) (EPSG:15921) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=krass +towgs84=15.8,-154.4,-82.3 +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:4214.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Beijing_1954",DATUM["D_Beijing_1954",SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — China

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