Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)
Remarks: Derived at 9 points throughout Madagascar. Adopted by OMV.
Information source: "Laborde projection in Madagascar cartography and its recovery in WGS84 datum", Marco Roggero. Società Italiana di Fotogrammetria e Topografia (SIFET) 2009 publication Appl Geomat (2009) 1:131–140.
Revision date: 2020-03-14
Unit: metre
Geodetic CRS: Tananarive
Datum: Tananarive 1925
Ellipsoid: International 1924
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: Société des Pétroles de Madagascar.
Revision date: 2018-04-19
Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.
Remarks: See Tananarive (Paris) / Laborde Grid (CRS code 29701) for original definition in grads with respect to the Paris meridian. This is equivalent.
Area of use: Madagascar - onshore.
Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: northing, easting (X,Y). Orientations: north, east. UoM: m.
Center coordinates
436064.89 773558.76
Projected bounds:
10178.77 -56070.27
901225.99 1592397.78
WGS84 bounds:
42.53 -26.59
51.03 -11.69
Definition: Well Known Text (WKT)
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Definition: ESRI WKT
PROJCS["Tananarive_1925_Laborde_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_Tananarive_1925",DATUM["D_Tananarive_1925",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Laborde_Oblique_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",400000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",800000.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9995],PARAMETER["Azimuth",18.9],PARAMETER["Longitude_Of_Center",46.4372291666667],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Center",-18.9],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]
Definition: JSON
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Definition: GeoServer
8441=PROJCS["Tananarive / Laborde Grid",GEOGCS["Tananarive",DATUM["Tananarive_1925",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297],TOWGS84[-198.383,-240.517,-107.909,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4297"]],PROJECTION["Laborde_Oblique_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",-18.9],PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",46.4372291666667],PARAMETER["azimuth",18.9],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9995],PARAMETER["false_easting",400000],PARAMETER["false_northing",800000],UNIT["metre",1],AUTHORITY["EPSG","8441"]]
Definition: Mapnik
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Map srs="+proj=labrd +lat_0=-18.9 +lon_0=46.4372291666667 +azi=18.9 +k=0.9995 +x_0=400000 +y_0=800000 +ellps=intl +towgs84=-198.383,-240.517,-107.909,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs"> <Layer srs="+proj=labrd +lat_0=-18.9 +lon_0=46.4372291666667 +azi=18.9 +k=0.9995 +x_0=400000 +y_0=800000 +ellps=intl +towgs84=-198.383,-240.517,-107.909,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs"> </Layer> </Map>
Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 8441, 'EPSG', 8441, '+proj=labrd +lat_0=-18.9 +lon_0=46.4372291666667 +azi=18.9 +k=0.9995 +x_0=400000 +y_0=800000 +ellps=intl +towgs84=-198.383,-240.517,-107.909,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'PROJCS["Tananarive / Laborde Grid",GEOGCS["Tananarive",DATUM["Tananarive_1925",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297],TOWGS84[-198.383,-240.517,-107.909,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4297"]],PROJECTION["Laborde_Oblique_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",-18.9],PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",46.4372291666667],PARAMETER["azimuth",18.9],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9995],PARAMETER["false_easting",400000],PARAMETER["false_northing",800000],UNIT["metre",1],AUTHORITY["EPSG","8441"]]');
Definition: OGC WKT
PROJCS["Tananarive / Laborde Grid",GEOGCS["Tananarive",DATUM["Tananarive_1925",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297],TOWGS84[-198.383,-240.517,-107.909,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4297"]],PROJECTION["Laborde_Oblique_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",-18.9],PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",46.4372291666667],PARAMETER["azimuth",18.9],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9995],PARAMETER["false_easting",400000],PARAMETER["false_northing",800000],UNIT["metre",1],AUTHORITY["EPSG","8441"]]
Definition: OGC WKT 2 (2019)
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