EPSG:5681 DB_REF
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Germany - onshore. 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:5681 |
|---|---|
| Name | DB_REF |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Germany - onshore Germany - onshore - states of Baden-Wurtemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringen. |
| Bounds | W 5,86° · S 47,27° · E 15,04° · N 55,09° |
| Countries | Germany |
| Datum | Deutsche Bahn Reference System |
| 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 | Geodesy. |
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:5681.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_DB_REF",DATUM["D_Deutsche_Bahn_Reference_System",SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Germany
- EPSG:5666PD/83 / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 3 (E-N)
- EPSG:5667PD/83 / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 4 (E-N)
- EPSG:5668RD/83 / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 4 (E-N)
- EPSG:5669RD/83 / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 5 (E-N)
- EPSG:5670Pulkovo 1942(58) / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 3 (E-N)
- EPSG:5671Pulkovo 1942(58) / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 4 (E-N)
- EPSG:5673Pulkovo 1942(83) / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 3 (E-N)
- EPSG:5674Pulkovo 1942(83) / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 4 (E-N)
- EPSG:5675Pulkovo 1942(83) / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 5 (E-N)
- EPSG:5676DHDN / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 2 (E-N)
- EPSG:5677DHDN / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 3 (E-N)
- EPSG:5678DHDN / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 4 (E-N)
- EPSG:5679DHDN / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 5 (E-N)
- EPSG:5680DHDN / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 1 (E-N)
- EPSG:5682DB_REF / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 2 (E-N)
- EPSG:5683DB_REF / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 3 (E-N)
- EPSG:5684DB_REF / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 4 (E-N)
- EPSG:5685DB_REF / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 5 (E-N)
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.