EPSG:4230

ED50

Available transformations
to EPSG:4258
EPSG:4258 - ETRS89

Selected transformation

Remarks: Taken from ED50 to WGS 84 (14) (code 8046). In 1998 agreed that within the accuracy of that transformation WGS 84 equates to ETRS89 and the transformation would relate ED50 to ETRS89.

Information source: Statens Kartverk.

Revision date: 2001-06-05

Attributes

Unit: degree (supplier to define representation)

Geodetic CRS: ED50

Datum: European Datum 1950

Ellipsoid: International 1924

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 2004-10-23

Scope: Geodesy.

Area of use: Europe - west: Andorra; Cyprus; Denmark - onshore and offshore; Faroe Islands - onshore; France - offshore; Germany - offshore North Sea; Gibraltar; Greece - offshore; Israel - offshore; Italy including San Marino and Vatican City State; Ireland offshore; Malta; Netherlands - offshore; North Sea; Norway including Svalbard - onshore and offshore; Portugal - mainland - offshore; Spain - onshore; Türkiye (Turkey) - onshore and offshore; United Kingdom - UKCS offshore east of 6°W including Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey). Egypt - Western Desert; Iraq - onshore; Jordan.

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

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Center coordinates
2.91 56.52

WGS84 bounds:
-5.05 51.03
10.86 62.01

Denmark - North Sea; Germany - North Sea; Netherlands - offshore; Norway - North Sea south of 62°N; United Kingdom (UKCS) - North Sea south of 62°N.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

GEOGCS["ED50",
    DATUM["European_Datum_1950",
        SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","7022"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","6230"]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4230"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

GEOGCRS["ED50",
    DATUM["European Datum 1950",
        ELLIPSOID["International 1924",6378388,297,
            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["Europe - west: Andorra; Cyprus; Denmark - onshore and offshore; Faroe Islands - onshore; France - offshore; Germany - offshore North Sea; Gibraltar; Greece - offshore; Israel - offshore; Italy including San Marino and Vatican City State; Ireland offshore; Malta; Netherlands - offshore; North Sea; Norway including Svalbard - onshore and offshore; Portugal - mainland - offshore; Spain - onshore; Türkiye (Turkey) - onshore and offshore; United Kingdom - UKCS offshore east of 6°W including Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey). Egypt - Western Desert; Iraq - onshore; Jordan."],
        BBOX[25.71,-16.1,84.73,48.61]],
    ID["EPSG",4230]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

GEOGCS["GCS_European_1950",
    DATUM["D_European_1950",
        SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
    UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

Definition: PROJ.4

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

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:4230","+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeographicCRS",
    "name": "ED50",
    "datum": {
        "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
        "name": "European Datum 1950",
        "ellipsoid": {
            "name": "International 1924",
            "semi_major_axis": 6378388,
            "inverse_flattening": 297
        }
    },
    "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": "Europe - west: Andorra; Cyprus; Denmark - onshore and offshore; Faroe Islands - onshore; France - offshore; Germany - offshore North Sea; Gibraltar; Greece - offshore; Israel - offshore; Italy including San Marino and Vatican City State; Ireland offshore; Malta; Netherlands - offshore; North Sea; Norway including Svalbard - onshore and offshore; Portugal - mainland - offshore; Spain - onshore; Türkiye (Turkey) - onshore and offshore; United Kingdom - UKCS offshore east of 6°W including Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey). Egypt - Western Desert; Iraq - onshore; Jordan.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 25.71,
        "west_longitude": -16.1,
        "north_latitude": 84.73,
        "east_longitude": 48.61
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 4230
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

4230=GEOGCS["ED50",DATUM["European_Datum_1950",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7022"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6230"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4230"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 4230, 'EPSG', 4230, '+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +no_defs +type=crs', 'GEOGCS["ED50",DATUM["European_Datum_1950",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7022"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6230"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4230"]]');