EPSG:6706

Egypt Gulf of Suez S-650 TL

Attributes

Ellipsoid: Helmert 1906

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Various industry sources.

Revision date: 2008-06-24

Scope: Oil and gas exploration and production.

Remarks: A coherent set of stations bordering the Gulf of Suez coordinated by Transit translocation ("TL") between 1980 and 1984. Based on incorrect Egypt 1907 values for origin station S-650. Differs from true Egypt 1907 by approximately 20m.

Area of use: Egypt - Gulf of Suez.

Covered area powered by MapTiler MapTiler logo
SimpleMap

WGS84 bounds:
34.27 27.19
32.34 30.01

MapTiler banner

Definition: OGC Well Known Text

DATUM["Egypt_Gulf_of_Suez_S-650_TL",
    SPHEROID["Helmert 1906",6378200,298.3,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","7020"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","6706"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

DATUM["Egypt Gulf of Suez S-650 TL",
    ELLIPSOID["Helmert 1906",6378200,298.3,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    ID["EPSG",6706]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

DATUM["D_Egypt_Gulf_of_Suez_S-650_TL",
    SPHEROID["Helmert_1906",6378200.0,298.3]]

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
    "name": "Egypt Gulf of Suez S-650 TL",
    "ellipsoid": {
        "name": "Helmert 1906",
        "semi_major_axis": 6378200,
        "inverse_flattening": 298.3
    },
    "scope": "Oil and gas exploration and production.",
    "area": "Egypt - Gulf of Suez.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 27.19,
        "west_longitude": 32.34,
        "north_latitude": 30.01,
        "east_longitude": 34.27
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 6706
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

6706-datum=DATUM["Egypt_Gulf_of_Suez_S-650_TL",SPHEROID["Helmert 1906",6378200,298.3,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7020"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6706"]]