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    EPSG:8818 — MTRF-2000

    MTRF-2000 (EPSG:8818) — a Geographic (degrees) system on the GRS80 datum, used in Saudi Arabia. Parameters, proj4, WKT, accuracy ±0.1 m, plus a free converter to WGS84 a…

    At a glance

    EPSG
    8818
    Name
    MTRF-2000
    Kind
    Geographic (degrees)
    Family
    Geographic (longitude/latitude)
    Ellipsoid
    GRS80
    Accuracy
    ±0.1 m (vs PROJ)
    Countries
    Saudi Arabia

    Area of use

    West34.44°
    South16.29°
    East55.67°
    North32.16°

    Projection parameters

    Projectionlonglat
    EllipsoidGRS80
    proj4
    +proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +no_defs
    WKT (ESRI)
    GEOGCS["GCS_MTRF-2000",DATUM["D_GRS_1980",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG","8818"]]

    Sample conversion

    Saudi Arabia capital: WGS84 46.67530, 24.71360 → EPSG:8818 46.6753000, 24.7136000

    Values are within ±0.1 m at the test point.

    About the Geographic (longitude/latitude) family

    MTRF-2000 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 “MTRF-2000”, a Geographic (degrees) system in the Geographic (longitude/latitude) family, identified worldwide by the code EPSG:8818.

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