EPSG systems

EPSG:9221 Hartebeesthoek94 / ZAF BSU Albers 25E

Projected system (Albers Equal Area) in use: South Africa - mainland - onshore and offshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:9221
NameHartebeesthoek94 / ZAF BSU Albers 25E
TypeProjected system — Albers Equal Area
Area of use South Africa - mainland - onshore and offshore
Bounds W 13,33° · S -38,17° · E 36,54° · N -22,13°
Countries South Africa
DatumHartebeesthoek94
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Base geographic system EPSG:4148 — Hartebeesthoek94
Unit metre (N north, E east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Hartebeesthoek94 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1505) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeSpatial analysis for the purposes of Natural Capital Accounting.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of false origin-30degree
Longitude of false origin25degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel-22degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel-38degree
Easting at false origin1400000metre
Northing at false origin1300000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=aea +lat_0=-30 +lon_0=25 +lat_1=-22 +lat_2=-38 +x_0=1400000 +y_0=1300000 +ellps=WGS84 +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:9221.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Hartebeesthoek94_ZAF_BSU_Albers_25E",GEOGCS["GCS_Hartebeesthoek_1994",DATUM["D_Hartebeesthoek_1994",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Albers"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",1400000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",1300000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",25.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",-22.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",-38.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",-30.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — South Africa

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