EPSG:29377

Schwarzeck / Lo22/17

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326
No other targets exist for this CRS

Selected transformation

Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)

Remarks: Derived at 3 stations. Accuracy 20m in each axis. Beware! Source CRS uses German legal metres, transformation parameter values are in (International) metres. See tfm code 1271 for example.

Information source: U.S. Defense Mapping Agency TR8350.2 September 1987.

Revision date: 2023-11-19

Attributes

Unit: German legal metre

Geodetic CRS: Schwarzeck

Datum: Schwarzeck

Ellipsoid: Bessel Namibia (GLM)

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 2007-02-12

Scope: Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale).

Area of use: Namibia - onshore between 16°E and 18°E.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: westing, southing (Y,X). Orientations: west, south. UoM: GLM.

Center coordinates
24880.98 198755.3

Projected bounds:
-883513.9 -559051.95
936015.36 990144.15

WGS84 bounds:
8.24 -30.64
25.27 -16.95

Namibia - onshore and offshore.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJCS["Schwarzeck / Lo22/17",
    GEOGCS["Schwarzeck",
        DATUM["Schwarzeck",
            SPHEROID["Bessel Namibia (GLM)",6377483.86528042,299.1528128],
            TOWGS84[616,97,-251,0,0,0,0]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4293"]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator_South_Orientated"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",-22],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",17],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",0],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
    UNIT["German legal metre",1.0000135965],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","29377"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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            CONVERSION["South West African Survey Grid zone 17",
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        PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0,
            ID["EPSG",8610]],
        PARAMETER["Scale difference",1,
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Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJCS["Schwarzeck_Lo22_17",
    GEOGCS["GCS_Schwarzeck",
        DATUM["D_Schwarzeck",
            SPHEROID["Bessel_Namibia_GLM",6377483.86528042,299.1528128]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
        UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator_South_Orientated"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",-22.0],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",17.0],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",1.0],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",0.0],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0.0],
    UNIT["German legal metre",1.0000135965]]

Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

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Definition: JSON

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Definition: GeoServer

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=tmerc"
	"axis=wsu"
	"lat_0=-22"
	"lon_0=17"
	"k=1"
	"x_0=0"
	"y_0=0"
	"ellps=bess_nam"
	"towgs84=616,97,-251,0,0,0,0"
	"to_meter=1.0000135965"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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