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    EPSG:4671 — Voirol 1879

    Voirol 1879 (EPSG:4671) — a Geographic (degrees) system on the clrk80ign datum, used in Algeria. Parameters, proj4, WKT, accuracy ±0.1 m, plus a free converter to WGS84…

    At a glance

    EPSG
    4671
    Name
    Voirol 1879
    Kind
    Geographic (degrees)
    Family
    Geographic (longitude/latitude)
    Ellipsoid
    clrk80ign
    Accuracy
    ±0.1 m (vs PROJ)
    Countries
    Algeria

    Area of use

    West-2.95°
    South31.99°
    East9.09°
    North37.14°

    Projection parameters

    Projectionlonglat
    Ellipsoidclrk80ign
    proj4
    +proj=longlat +ellps=clrk80ign +no_defs
    WKT (ESRI)
    GEOGCS["GCS_Voirol 1879",DATUM["D_Clarke_1880_IGN",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_IGN",6378249.2,293.4660212936269]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4671"]]

    Sample conversion

    Algeria capital: WGS84 3.05880, 36.75380 → EPSG:4671 3.0588000, 36.7538000

    Values are within ±0.1 m at the test point.

    About the Geographic (longitude/latitude) family

    Voirol 1879 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 “Voirol 1879”, a Geographic (degrees) system in the Geographic (longitude/latitude) family, identified worldwide by the code EPSG:4671.

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