EPSG systems

EPSG:4695 Katanga 1955

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Congo DR (Zaire) - Katanga. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4695
NameKatanga 1955
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Congo DR (Zaire) - Katanga
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) - Katanga.
Bounds W 21,74° · S -13,46° · E 30,78° · N -4,99°
Countries Congo - Kinshasa
DatumKatanga 1955
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Katanga 1955 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:4066) — accuracy 1.5 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +towgs84=-103.746,-9.614,-255.95 +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:4695.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Katanga_1955",DATUM["D_Katanga_1955",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Congo - Kinshasa

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