EPSG systems

EPSG:9547 LTF2004(G)

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Europe - Lyon-Turin. 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.

System record
CodeEPSG:9547
NameLTF2004(G)
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Europe - Lyon-Turin
France and Italy - on or related to the rail route from Lyon to Turin.
Bounds W 4,65° · S 44,87° · E 7,88° · N 45,89°
Countries France, Italy
DatumLyon Turin Ferroviaire 2004
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +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:9547.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_LTF2004_G",DATUM["Lyon_Turin_Ferroviaire_2004",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

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