EPSG:4746 PD/83
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Germany - Thuringen. 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:4746 |
|---|---|
| Name | PD/83 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | Germany - Thuringen |
| Bounds | W 9,87° · S 50,20° · E 12,66° · N 51,65° |
| Countries | Germany |
| Datum | Potsdam Datum/83 |
| Ellipsoid | Bessel 1841 a = 6377397.155 m · 1/f = 299.1528128 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Cadastre, topographic mapping. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=bessel +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:4746.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_PD/83",DATUM["D_Potsdam_1983",SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Germany
- EPSG:3833Pulkovo 1942(58) / Gauss-Kruger zone 2
- EPSG:3834Pulkovo 1942(83) / Gauss-Kruger zone 2
- EPSG:3837Pulkovo 1942(58) / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 3
- EPSG:3838Pulkovo 1942(58) / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 4
- EPSG:4314DHDN
- EPSG:4647ETRS89 / UTM zone 32N (zE-N)
- EPSG:4745RD/83
- EPSG:4839ETRS89 / LCC Germany (N-E)
- EPSG:5243ETRS89 / LCC Germany (E-N)
- EPSG:5520DHDN / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 1
- EPSG:5593FEH2010
- EPSG:5596FEH2010 / Fehmarnbelt TM
- EPSG:5631Pulkovo 1942(58) / Gauss-Kruger zone 2 (E-N)
- EPSG:5649ETRS89 / UTM zone 31N (zE-N)
- EPSG:5650ETRS89 / UTM zone 33N (zE-N)
- EPSG:5651ETRS89 / UTM zone 31N (N-zE)
- EPSG:5652ETRS89 / UTM zone 32N (N-zE)
- EPSG:5653ETRS89 / UTM zone 33N (N-zE)
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.