EPSG systems

EPSG:5637 TUREF / LCC Europe

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)) in use: Turkey. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:5637
NameTUREF / LCC Europe
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)
Area of use Turkey
Türkiye (Turkey) - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 25,62° · S 34,42° · E 44,83° · N 43,45°
Countries Türkiye
DatumTurkish National Reference Frame
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:5252 — TUREF
Unit metre (N north, E east)
Transformation to WGS 84 TUREF to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:5261) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeConformal mapping at scales of 1:500,000 and smaller.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of false origin52degree
Longitude of false origin10degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel35degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel65degree
Easting at false origin4000000metre
Northing at false origin2800000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_0=52 +lon_0=10 +lat_1=35 +lat_2=65 +x_0=4000000 +y_0=2800000 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +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:5637.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["TUREF_LCC_Europe",GEOGCS["GCS_TUREF",DATUM["D_Turkish_National_Reference_Frame",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",4000000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",2800000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",10.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",35.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",65.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",52.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Türkiye

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