EPSG systems

EPSG:4804 Makassar (Jakarta)

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Indonesia - Sulawesi SW. 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.

System record
CodeEPSG:4804
NameMakassar (Jakarta)
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Indonesia - Sulawesi SW
Indonesia - south west Sulawesi.
Bounds W 118,71° · S -6,54° · E 120,78° · N -1,88°
Countries Indonesia
DatumMakassar (Jakarta)
Ellipsoid Bessel 1841 a = 6377397.155 m · 1/f = 299.1528128
Prime meridianJakarta 106.80771944444444 degree
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=bessel +pm=jakarta +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:4804.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Makassar_Jakarta",DATUM["Makassar_(Jakarta)",SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Jakarta",106.807719444444],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

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