EPSG:4303 TC(1948)
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: UAE - Abu Dhabi and Dubai - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.
| Code | EPSG:4303 |
|---|---|
| Name | TC(1948) |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
UAE - Abu Dhabi and Dubai - onshore United Arab Emirates (UAE) - Abu Dhabi onshore and Dubai onshore. |
| Bounds | W 51,56° · S 22,63° · E 56,03° · N 25,34° |
| Countries | United Arab Emirates |
| Datum | Trucial Coast 1948 |
| Ellipsoid | Helmert 1906 a = 6378200 m · 1/f = 298.3 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=helmert +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:4303.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Trucial_Coast_1948",DATUM["D_Trucial_Coast_1948",SPHEROID["Helmert_1906",6378200.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — United Arab Emirates
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.