EPSG:4696 Kasai 1953
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Congo DR (Zaire) - Kasai - SE. 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:4696 |
|---|---|
| Name | Kasai 1953 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Congo DR (Zaire) - Kasai - SE The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) - Kasai - south of 5°S and east of 21°30'E. |
| Bounds | W 21,50° · S -7,31° · E 26,26° · N -5,01° |
| Countries | Congo - Kinshasa |
| Datum | Kasai 1953 |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +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:4696.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Kasai_1953",DATUM["D_Kasai_1953",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Congo - Kinshasa
- EPSG:4049RGRDC 2005 / Congo TM zone 14
- EPSG:4050RGRDC 2005 / Congo TM zone 16
- EPSG:4051RGRDC 2005 / Congo TM zone 18
- EPSG:4056RGRDC 2005 / Congo TM zone 20
- EPSG:4057RGRDC 2005 / Congo TM zone 22
- EPSG:4058RGRDC 2005 / Congo TM zone 24
- EPSG:4059RGRDC 2005 / Congo TM zone 26
- EPSG:4060RGRDC 2005 / Congo TM zone 28
- EPSG:4061RGRDC 2005 / UTM zone 33S
- EPSG:4062RGRDC 2005 / UTM zone 34S
- EPSG:4063RGRDC 2005 / UTM zone 35S
- EPSG:4259Malongo 1987
- EPSG:4415Katanga 1955 / Katanga Lambert
- EPSG:4695Katanga 1955
- EPSG:4697IGC 1962 6th Parallel South
- EPSG:4701IGCB 1955
- EPSG:4704Mhast (onshore)
- EPSG:4705Mhast (offshore)
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.