EPSG systems

EPSG:5514 S-JTSK / Krovak East North

Projected system (Krovak (North Orientated)) in use: Europe - Czechoslovakia. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:5514
NameS-JTSK / Krovak East North
TypeProjected system — Krovak (North Orientated)
Area of use Europe - Czechoslovakia
Czechia; Slovakia.
Bounds W 12,09° · S 47,73° · E 22,56° · N 51,06°
Countries Czechia, Slovakia
DatumSystem of the Unified Trigonometrical Cadastral Network
Ellipsoid Bessel 1841 a = 6377397.155 m · 1/f = 299.1528128
Base geographic system EPSG:4156 — S-JTSK
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 S-JTSK to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:15965) — accuracy 6 m
ScopeGIS.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of projection centre49.5degree
Longitude of origin24.833333333333332degree
Co-latitude of cone axis30.28813975277778degree
Latitude of pseudo standard parallel78.5degree
Scale factor on pseudo standard parallel0.9999unity
False easting0metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=krovak +lat_0=49.5 +lon_0=24.8333333333333 +alpha=30.2881397527778 +k=0.9999 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=bessel +units=m +towgs84=589,76,480 +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:5514.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["S-JTSK_Krovak_East_North",GEOGCS["GCS_S_JTSK",DATUM["D_S_JTSK",SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Krovak"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Pseudo_Standard_Parallel_1",78.5],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["Azimuth",30.28813975277778],PARAMETER["Longitude_Of_Center",24.83333333333333],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Center",49.5],PARAMETER["X_Scale",-1.0],PARAMETER["Y_Scale",1.0],PARAMETER["XY_Plane_Rotation",90.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Czechia

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