EPSG systems

EPSG:4293 Schwarzeck

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4293
NameSchwarzeck
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Namibia
Namibia - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 8,24° · S -30,64° · E 25,27° · N -16,95°
Countries Namibia
DatumSchwarzeck
Ellipsoid Bessel Namibia (GLM) a = 6377483.865280419 m · 1/f = 299.1528128
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Schwarzeck to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1226) — accuracy 35 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=bess_nam +towgs84=616,97,-251 +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:4293.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Schwarzeck",DATUM["D_Schwarzeck",SPHEROID["Bessel_Namibia_GLM",6377483.86528042,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Namibia

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