Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)
Derived in 2006 at 45 points in north and central Algeria. Accuracy at 75 common points better than 1m.
l’Institut National de Cartographie et de Télédétection (INCT) report to IUGG 2007 Perugia.
2020-03-14
metre
EPSG
"Le System Geodesique Nord-Sahara"; IGN Paris
2012-04-18
Engineering survey, topographic mapping.
Replaces Voirol 1879 / Nord Algerie ancienne (code 30493). Grid coordinates on average across Algeria are unchanged although local differences reach 30 metres; geographic coordinate equivalents do change.
Algeria - onshore north of 38.5 grads North (34°39'N).
Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
398030.08 -490089.26
-744929.13 -1613253.72
1518314.21 668435.37
-8.67 18.97
11.99 38.8
Definition: OGC Well Known Text
PROJCS["Nord Sahara 1959 / Nord Algerie", GEOGCS["Nord Sahara 1959", DATUM["Nord_Sahara_1959", SPHEROID["Clarke 1880 (RGS)",6378249.145,293.465], TOWGS84[-209.3622,-87.8162,404.6198,0.0046,3.4784,0.5805,-1.4547]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]], UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","4307"]], PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_1SP"], PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",36], PARAMETER["central_meridian",2.7], PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.999625544], PARAMETER["false_easting",500135], PARAMETER["false_northing",300090], UNIT["metre",1, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]], AXIS["Easting",EAST], AXIS["Northing",NORTH], AUTHORITY["EPSG","30791"]]
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
BOUNDCRS[ SOURCECRS[ PROJCRS["Nord Sahara 1959 / Nord Algerie", BASEGEOGCRS["Nord Sahara 1959", DATUM["Nord Sahara 1959", ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1880 (RGS)",6378249.145,293.465, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], ID["EPSG",4307]], CONVERSION["Nord Algerie", METHOD["Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)", ID["EPSG",9801]], PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",40, ANGLEUNIT["grad",0.0157079632679489], ID["EPSG",8801]], PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",3, ANGLEUNIT["grad",0.0157079632679489], ID["EPSG",8802]], PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.999625544, SCALEUNIT["unity",1], ID["EPSG",8805]], PARAMETER["False easting",500135, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8806]], PARAMETER["False northing",300090, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8807]]], CS[Cartesian,2], AXIS["easting (X)",east, ORDER[1], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], AXIS["northing (Y)",north, ORDER[2], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Engineering survey, topographic mapping."], AREA["Algeria - onshore north of 38.5 grads North (34°39'N)."], BBOX[34.64,-2.22,37.14,8.64]], ID["EPSG",30791]]], TARGETCRS[ GEOGCRS["WGS 84", ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble", MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"], MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"], MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"], MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"], MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"], MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"], MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"], ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], CS[ellipsoidal,2], AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north, ORDER[1], ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east, ORDER[2], ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."], AREA["World."], BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]], ID["EPSG",4326]]], ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation from unknown to WGS84", METHOD["Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)", ID["EPSG",9606]], PARAMETER["X-axis translation",-209.3622, ID["EPSG",8605]], PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",-87.8162, ID["EPSG",8606]], PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",404.6198, ID["EPSG",8607]], PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",0.0046, ID["EPSG",8608]], PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",3.4784, ID["EPSG",8609]], PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0.5805, ID["EPSG",8610]], PARAMETER["Scale difference",0.9999985453, ID["EPSG",8611]]]]
Definition: ESRI Well Known Text
PROJCS["Nord_Sahara_1959_Voirol_Unifie_Nord", GEOGCS["GCS_Nord_Sahara_1959", DATUM["D_Nord_Sahara_1959", SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0], UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]], PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"], PARAMETER["False_Easting",500135.0], PARAMETER["False_Northing",300090.0], PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",2.7], PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",36.0], PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999625544], PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",36.0], UNIT["Meter",1.0]]
Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)
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Definition: JSON
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Definition: GeoServer
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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile
PROJECTION "proj=lcc" "lat_1=36" "lat_0=36" "lon_0=2.7" "k_0=0.999625544" "x_0=500135" "y_0=300090" "a=6378249.145" "rf=293.465" "towgs84=-209.3622,-87.8162,404.6198,0.0046,3.4784,0.5805,-1.4547" "units=m" "no_defs" "type=crs" END
Definition: Mapnik
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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
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