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    EPSG:4229 — Egypt 1907

    Egypt 1907 (EPSG:4229) — a Geographic (degrees) system on the helmert datum, used in Egypt. Parameters, proj4, WKT, accuracy ±1.8 m, plus a free converter to WGS84 and U…

    At a glance

    EPSG
    4229
    Name
    Egypt 1907
    Kind
    Geographic (degrees)
    Family
    Geographic (longitude/latitude)
    Ellipsoid
    helmert
    Accuracy
    ±1.8 m (vs PROJ)
    Countries
    Egypt

    Area of use

    West24.70°
    South21.89°
    East37.91°
    North33.82°

    Projection parameters

    Projectionlonglat
    Ellipsoidhelmert
    Helmert shift to WGS84-130,110,-13,0,0,0,0
    proj4
    +proj=longlat +ellps=helmert +no_defs +towgs84=-130,110,-13,0,0,0,0
    WKT (ESRI)
    GEOGCS["GCS_Egypt 1907",DATUM["D_Helmert_1906",SPHEROID["Helmert_1906",6378200,298.3],TOWGS84[-130,110,-13,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4229"]]

    Sample conversion

    Egypt capital: WGS84 31.23570, 30.04440 → EPSG:4229 31.2340258, 30.0442348

    Values are within ±1.8 m at the test point.

    About the Geographic (longitude/latitude) family

    Egypt 1907 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 “Egypt 1907”, a Geographic (degrees) system in the Geographic (longitude/latitude) family, identified worldwide by the code EPSG:4229.

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