EPSG:4204

Ain el Abd

Available transformations
to EPSG:9333
EPSG:9333 - KSA-GRF17

Selected transformation

Method: Geocentric translation by Grid Interpolation (IGN)

Grid Files: ARAMCO_AAA-KSAGRF_6.tac

Remarks: Accuracy 5-10 cm.

Information source: General Commission for Survey (GCS).

Revision date: 2020-03-20

Attributes

Unit: degree (supplier to define representation)

Geodetic CRS: Ain el Abd

Datum: Ain el Abd 1970

Ellipsoid: International 1924

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 2004-01-06

Scope: Geodesy.

Area of use: Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia - onshore.

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

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Center coordinates
inf inf

WGS84 bounds:
34.51 16.37
55.67 32.16

Saudi Arabia - onshore.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
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        USAGE[
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            AREA["Saudi Arabia - onshore."],
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Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:4204","+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

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}

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
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	"ellps=intl"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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