EPSG:4178

Pulkovo 1942(83)

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326

Selected transformation

Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)

Remarks: Derived at 6 stations.

Information source: U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency TR8350.2 revision of October 1997; http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/tr8350/tr8350_2.html

Revision date: 2020-03-14

Attributes

Unit: degree (supplier to define representation)

Geodetic CRS: Pulkovo 1942(83)

Datum: Pulkovo 1942(83)

Ellipsoid: Krassowsky 1940

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie via EuroGeographics; http://crs.bkg.bund.de/crs-eu/

Revision date: 2012-01-05

Scope: Geodesy.

Remarks: Replaces 1956 adjustment (CRS code 4179). In Brandenburg replaced by ETRS89. In Sachsen and Thuringen replaced by RD83 and PD/83 which for practical purposes may be considered to be the same as DHDN.

Area of use: Onshore Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany (former DDR), Hungary and Slovakia.

Coordinate system: Ellipsoidal 2D CS. Axes: latitude, longitude. Orientations: north, east. UoM: degree

Center coordinates
17.33 49.4

WGS84 bounds:
12.09 47.73
22.56 51.06

Czechia; Slovakia.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

GEOGCS["Pulkovo 1942(83)",
    DATUM["Pulkovo_1942_83",
        SPHEROID["Krassowsky 1940",6378245,298.3],
        TOWGS84[26,-121,-78,0,0,0,0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4178"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

GEOGCRS["Pulkovo 1942(83)",
    DATUM["Pulkovo 1942(83)",
        ELLIPSOID["Krassowsky 1940",6378245,298.3,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    CS[ellipsoidal,2],
        AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
            ORDER[1],
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
        AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
            ORDER[2],
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Geodesy."],
        AREA["Onshore Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany (former DDR), Hungary and Slovakia."],
        BBOX[41.24,9.92,54.74,28.68]],
    ID["EPSG",4178]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

GEOGCS["GCS_Pulkovo_1942_Adj_1983",
    DATUM["D_Pulkovo_1942_Adj_1983",
        SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
    UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=longlat +ellps=krass +towgs84=26,-121,-78,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

proj4.defs("EPSG:4178","+proj=longlat +ellps=krass +towgs84=26,-121,-78,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.5/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeographicCRS",
    "name": "Pulkovo 1942(83)",
    "datum": {
        "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
        "name": "Pulkovo 1942(83)",
        "ellipsoid": {
            "name": "Krassowsky 1940",
            "semi_major_axis": 6378245,
            "inverse_flattening": 298.3
        }
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "ellipsoidal",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                "abbreviation": "Lat",
                "direction": "north",
                "unit": "degree"
            },
            {
                "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                "abbreviation": "Lon",
                "direction": "east",
                "unit": "degree"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Geodesy.",
    "area": "Onshore Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany (former DDR), Hungary and Slovakia.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 41.24,
        "west_longitude": 9.92,
        "north_latitude": 54.74,
        "east_longitude": 28.68
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 4178
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

4178=GEOGCS["Pulkovo 1942(83)",DATUM["Pulkovo_1942_83",SPHEROID["Krassowsky 1940",6378245,298.3],TOWGS84[26,-121,-78,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4178"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=longlat"
	"ellps=krass"
	"towgs84=26,-121,-78,0,0,0,0"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=krass +towgs84=26,-121,-78,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=krass +towgs84=26,-121,-78,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 4178, 'EPSG', 4178, '+proj=longlat +ellps=krass +towgs84=26,-121,-78,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs', 'GEOGCS["Pulkovo 1942(83)",DATUM["Pulkovo_1942_83",SPHEROID["Krassowsky 1940",6378245,298.3],TOWGS84[26,-121,-78,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4178"]]');