EPSG systems

EPSG:4699 Le Pouce 1934

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4699
NameLe Pouce 1934
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Mauritius - mainland
Mauritius - mainland onshore.
Bounds W 57,25° · S -20,57° · E 57,85° · N -19,94°
Countries Mauritius
DatumLe Pouce 1934
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Le Pouce 1934 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15784) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +towgs84=-770.1,158.4,-498.2 +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:4699.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Le_Pouce_1934",DATUM["D_Le_Pouce_1934",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Mauritius

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