EPSG:3388

Pulkovo 1942 / Caspian Sea Mercator

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Available transformations
to EPSG:4326
EPSG:4326 - WGS 84

Selected transformation

Method: Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)

Remarks: Derived via WGS72 values taken from SOCAR Magnavox 1502 manual. Used by AIOC 1995-1997 then replaced by the AIOC97 values (tfm code 1808). Do not confuse with AIOC95 vertical datum as used in southern Caspian Sea and at Sangachal terminal by AIOC.

Information source: BP

Revision date: 2023-11-19

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: Pulkovo 1942

Datum: Pulkovo 1942

Ellipsoid: Krassowsky 1940

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Main Department of Navigation & Oceanography of the USSR Ministry of Defence.

Revision date: 2006-05-08

Scope: Hydrography and nautical charting.

Area of use: Azerbaijan - offshore; Kazakhstan - offshore; Russian Federation - Caspian Sea; Turkmenistan - offshore.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: northing, easting (no abbrev). Orientations: north, east. UoM: m.

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Center coordinates
-227749.02 3627058.26

Projected bounds:
-516073.44 3377266.65
60575.11 3885749.59

WGS84 bounds:
44.77 37.89
51.73 42.59

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

PROJCS["Pulkovo 1942 / Caspian Sea Mercator",
    GEOGCS["Pulkovo 1942",
        DATUM["Pulkovo_1942",
            SPHEROID["Krassowsky 1940",6378245,298.3],
            TOWGS84[27,-135,-84.5,0,0,0.554,0.2263]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4284"]],
    PROJECTION["Mercator_2SP"],
    PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",42],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",51],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",0],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","3388"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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            BASEGEOGCRS["Pulkovo 1942",
                DATUM["Pulkovo 1942",
                    ELLIPSOID["Krassowsky 1940",6378245,298.3,
                        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
                PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                ID["EPSG",4284]],
            CONVERSION["Caspian Sea Mercator",
                METHOD["Mercator (variant B)",
                    ID["EPSG",9805]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of 1st standard parallel",42,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8823]],
                PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",51,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8802]],
                PARAMETER["False easting",0,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8806]],
                PARAMETER["False northing",0,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8807]]],
            CS[Cartesian,2],
                AXIS["northing (none)",north,
                    ORDER[1],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["easting (none)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Hydrography and nautical charting."],
                AREA["Azerbaijan - offshore; Kazakhstan - offshore; Russian Federation - Caspian Sea; Turkmenistan - offshore."],
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    TARGETCRS[
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            ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
                ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
            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["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
                AREA["World."],
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    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation from unknown to WGS84",
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        PARAMETER["X-axis translation",27,
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        PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",-135,
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        PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",-84.5,
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        PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",0,
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        PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",0,
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        PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0.554,
            ID["EPSG",8610]],
        PARAMETER["Scale difference",1.0000002263,
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Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJCS["Pulkovo_1942_Caspian_Sea_Mercator",
    GEOGCS["GCS_Pulkovo_1942",
        DATUM["D_Pulkovo_1942",
            SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
        UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],
    PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],
    PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",51.0],
    PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",42.0],
    UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=merc +lat_ts=42 +lon_0=51 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=krass +towgs84=27,-135,-84.5,0,0,0.554,0.2263 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

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Definition: JSON

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                    "name": "False northing",
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Definition: GeoServer

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=merc"
	"lat_ts=42"
	"lon_0=51"
	"x_0=0"
	"y_0=0"
	"ellps=krass"
	"towgs84=27,-135,-84.5,0,0,0.554,0.2263"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=merc +lat_ts=42 +lon_0=51 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=krass +towgs84=27,-135,-84.5,0,0,0.554,0.2263 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=merc +lat_ts=42 +lon_0=51 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=krass +towgs84=27,-135,-84.5,0,0,0.554,0.2263 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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