EPSG systems

EPSG:6881 Aden 1925

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Yemen - South Yemen - mainland. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:6881
NameAden 1925
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Yemen - South Yemen - mainland
Yemen - South Yemen onshore mainland.
Bounds W 43,37° · S 12,54° · E 53,14° · N 19,00°
Countries Yemen
DatumAden 1925
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Aden 1925 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:6910) — accuracy 999 m
ScopeEngineering survey, harbour hydrography.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +towgs84=-24,-203,268 +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:6881.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Aden_1925",DATUM["D_Aden_1925",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Yemen

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