EPSG systems

EPSG:4250 Leigon

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4250
NameLeigon
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Ghana
Ghana - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W -3,79° · S 1,40° · E 2,10° · N 11,16°
Countries Ghana
DatumLeigon
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Leigon to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1159) — accuracy 5 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +towgs84=-130,29,364 +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:4250.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Leigon",DATUM["D_Leigon",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Ghana

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