EPSG:4326 — WGS 84
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) — a Geographic (degrees) system on the WGS84 datum, used in the Arab world. Parameters, proj4, WKT, accuracy ±0.1 m, plus a free converter to WGS84 an…
At a glance
- EPSG
- 4326
- Name
- WGS 84
- Kind
- Geographic (degrees)
- Family
- Geographic (longitude/latitude)
- Ellipsoid
- WGS84
- Accuracy
- ±0.1 m (vs PROJ)
- Countries
- —
Area of use
| West | -180.00° |
| South | -90.00° |
| East | 180.00° |
| North | 90.00° |
Projection parameters
| Projection | longlat |
| Datum | WGS84 |
+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs
GEOGCS["GCS_WGS 84",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]
Sample conversion
Centre of the area of use: WGS84 0.00000, 0.00000 → EPSG:4326 0.0000000, 0.0000000
Values are within ±0.1 m at the test point.
About the Geographic (longitude/latitude) family
WGS 84 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.
Related systems
- EPSG:3997 — WGS 84 / Dubai Local TM
- EPSG:32628 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 28N
- EPSG:32629 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 29N
- EPSG:32630 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N
- EPSG:32631 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N
- EPSG:32632 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 32N
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