EPSG systems

EPSG:4737 KGD2002

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Korea, Republic of (South Korea). Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4737
NameKGD2002
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Republic of Korea (South Korea) - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 122,71° · S 28,60° · E 134,28° · N 40,27°
Countries South Korea
DatumKorean Geodetic Datum 2002
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 KGD2002 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15831) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:4737.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_KGD2002",DATUM["D_Korea_Geodetic_Datum_2002",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — South Korea

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