EPSG:4298 Timbalai 1948
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Asia - Brunei and East Malaysia. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4298 |
|---|---|
| Name | Timbalai 1948 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Asia - Brunei and East Malaysia Brunei - onshore and offshore; Malaysia - East Malaysia (Sabah; Sarawak) - onshore and offshore. |
| Bounds | W 109,31° · S 0,85° · E 119,61° · N 7,67° |
| Countries | Brunei, Malaysia |
| Datum | Timbalai 1948 |
| Ellipsoid | Everest 1830 (1967 Definition) a = 6377298.556 m · 1/f = 300.8017 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Timbalai 1948 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1228) — accuracy 19 m |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=evrstSS +towgs84=-679,669,-48 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:4298.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Timbalai_1948",DATUM["D_Timbalai_1948",SPHEROID["Everest_Definition_1967",6377298.556,300.8017]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Brunei
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.