EPSG systems

EPSG:4227 Deir ez Zor

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Asia - Middle East - Lebanon and Syria onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4227
NameDeir ez Zor
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Asia - Middle East - Lebanon and Syria onshore
Lebanon - onshore. Syrian Arab Republic - onshore.
Bounds W 35,04° · S 32,31° · E 42,38° · N 37,30°
Countries Lebanon, Syria
DatumDeir ez Zor
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (IGN) a = 6378249.2 m · 1/f = 293.466021294
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Deir ez Zor to WGS 84 (5) (EPSG:15742) — accuracy 5 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk80ign +towgs84=-190.421,8.532,238.69 +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:4227.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Deir_ez_Zor",DATUM["D_Deir_ez_Zor",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_IGN",6378249.2,293.466021293627]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Lebanon

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