EPSG systems

EPSG:4245 Kertau 1968

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Asia - Malaysia (west including SCS) and Singapore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4245
NameKertau 1968
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Asia - Malaysia (west including SCS) and Singapore
Malaysia - West Malaysia onshore and offshore east coast; Singapore - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 99,59° · S 1,13° · E 105,82° · N 7,81°
Countries Malaysia, Singapore
DatumKertau 1968
Ellipsoid Everest 1830 Modified a = 6377304.063 m · 1/f = 300.8017
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Kertau 1968 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1158) — accuracy 15 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=evrst48 +towgs84=-11,851,5 +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:4245.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Kertau",DATUM["D_Kertau",SPHEROID["Everest_1830_Modified",6377304.063,300.8017]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Malaysia

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