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    EPSG:3201 — LGD2006 / UTM zone 33N

    LGD2006 / UTM zone 33N (EPSG:3201) — a Projected (metres) system on the intl datum, used in Libya. Parameters, proj4, WKT, accuracy ±0.1 m, plus a free converter to WGS8…

    At a glance

    EPSG
    3201
    Name
    LGD2006 / UTM zone 33N
    Kind
    Projected (metres)
    Family
    Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
    Ellipsoid
    intl
    Accuracy
    ±0.1 m (vs PROJ)
    Countries
    Libya
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    Area of use

    West12.00°
    South22.51°
    East18.00°
    North35.23°

    Projection parameters

    Projectionutm
    UTM zone33
    Ellipsoidintl
    Unitsm
    Helmert shift to WGS84-208.4058,-109.8777,-2.5764,0,0,0,0
    proj4
    +proj=utm +zone=33 +ellps=intl +units=m +no_defs +towgs84=-208.4058,-109.8777,-2.5764,0,0,0,0
    WKT (ESRI)
    PROJCS["LGD2006 / UTM zone 33N",GEOGCS["GCS_LGD2006 / UTM zone 33N",DATUM["D_International_1924",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388,297],TOWGS84[-208.4058,-109.8777,-2.5764,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",15],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0],UNIT["Meter",1],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3201"]]

    Sample conversion

    Libya capital: WGS84 13.19130, 32.88720 → EPSG:3201 330863.873, 3640248.440

    Values are within ±0.1 m at the test point.

    About the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) family

    LGD2006 / UTM zone 33N is a Universal Transverse Mercator zone — a 6°-wide belt of the worldwide UTM system, in metres, centred on a meridian carefully chosen so distortion stays low across the zone. It is the everyday working grid for GPS-derived surveying in Libya.

    The classic field mistake with UTM is using the wrong zone: a point one zone away is easily hundreds of kilometres off. Always confirm the zone number (and the hemisphere) before importing coordinates, and remember that UTM eastings are offset by a 500 km false easting so they never go negative.

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    FAQ

    It is the coordinate system “LGD2006 / UTM zone 33N”, a Projected (metres) system in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) family, identified worldwide by the code EPSG:3201.

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