EPSG systems

EPSG:4740 PZ-90

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4740
NamePZ-90
TypeGeographic system
Area of use World
Bounds W -180,00° · S -90,00° · E 180,00° · N 90,00°
Countries World
DatumParametry Zemli 1990
Ellipsoid PZ-90 a = 6378136 m · 1/f = 298.257839303
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 PZ-90 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15843) — accuracy 1.5 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6378136 +rf=298.257839303 +towgs84=0,0,1.5,0,0,0.076,0 +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:4740.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_PZ_1990",DATUM["D_Parametrop_Zemp_1990",SPHEROID["PZ_1990",6378136.0,298.257839303]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — World

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