EPSG systems

EPSG:4626 Reunion 1947

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4626
NameReunion 1947
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Reunion - onshore
Bounds W 55,16° · S -21,42° · E 55,91° · N -20,81°
Countries Réunion
DatumReunion 1947
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Reunion 1947 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:15751) — accuracy 44 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=94,-948,-1262 +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:4626.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Reunion_1947",DATUM["D_Reunion_1947",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Réunion

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