EPSG:4307

Nord Sahara 1959

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Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)

Remarks: Derived at 11 stations throughout blocks 317b, 319b, 321b and 322b. Network based on station P4 (horizontal) and benchmark RN51 (vertical) using EGM96 geoid height. Used by Equinor in Hassi Mouina. May be taken as a transformation to RGSH2020 (CT 10342).

Information source: Enageo via Sonatrach.

Revision date: 2023-06-29

Attributes

Unit: degree (supplier to define representation)

Geodetic CRS: Nord Sahara 1959

Datum: Nord Sahara 1959

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1880 (RGS)

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: "Le System Geodesique Nord-Sahara"; IGN Paris

Revision date: 2012-04-18

Scope: Geodesy.

Remarks: Sometimes incorrectly referred to as Voirol Unifie 1960: this is NOT a GeogCRS but two projected CRSs based on Nord Sahara 1959 (codes 30791-92). Strictly applicable only to north of 32°N but extended southwards non-homogoneously by oil industry.

Area of use: Algeria - onshore and offshore.

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

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Center coordinates
0.63 30.12

WGS84 bounds:
0.0 29.25
1.25 31.0

Algeria - Hassi Mouina licence area.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

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        TOWGS84[-169.559,-72.34,303.102,0,0,0,0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4307"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

GEOGCS["GCS_Nord_Sahara_1959",
    DATUM["D_Nord_Sahara_1959",
        SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
    UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

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
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	"rf=293.465"
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	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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