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    EPSG:4164 — South Yemen

    South Yemen (EPSG:4164) — a Geographic (degrees) system on the krass datum, used in Yemen. Parameters, proj4, WKT, accuracy ±0.1 m, plus a free converter to WGS84 and UT…

    At a glance

    EPSG
    4164
    Name
    South Yemen
    Kind
    Geographic (degrees)
    Family
    Geographic (longitude/latitude)
    Ellipsoid
    krass
    Accuracy
    ±0.1 m (vs PROJ)
    Countries
    Yemen

    Area of use

    West43.37°
    South12.54°
    East53.14°
    North19.00°

    Projection parameters

    Projectionlonglat
    Ellipsoidkrass
    Helmert shift to WGS84-76,-138,67,0,0,0,0
    proj4
    +proj=longlat +ellps=krass +no_defs +towgs84=-76,-138,67,0,0,0,0
    WKT (ESRI)
    GEOGCS["GCS_South Yemen",DATUM["D_Krassowsky_1940",SPHEROID["Krassowsky_1940",6378245,298.3],TOWGS84[-76,-138,67,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4164"]]

    Sample conversion

    Yemen capital: WGS84 44.19100, 15.36940 → EPSG:4164 44.1914282, 15.3684428

    Values are within ±0.1 m at the test point.

    About the Geographic (longitude/latitude) family

    South Yemen is a geographic coordinate system: positions are longitude and latitude in degrees on its reference ellipsoid, not metres on a plane. It is the datum layer that projected grids (UTM, national belts) are built upon.

    Because it is unprojected, distances and areas cannot be measured directly from its degrees — convert to a metric projected system (or use a geodesic calculation) first. This page's converter does exactly that.

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    FAQ

    It is the coordinate system “South Yemen”, a Geographic (degrees) system in the Geographic (longitude/latitude) family, identified worldwide by the code EPSG:4164.

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