metre
Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (medium scale).
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) - adjacent to 6th parallel south traverse between 15°E and 17°E.
Data Source: EPSG v11.016 2024-08-31
Datum: IGC 1962 Arc of the 6th Parallel South
Coordinate System: cartesian
Projection: Congo Transverse Mercator zone 16
Geodetic CRS: IGC 1962 6th Parallel South
PROJCRS["IGC 1962 / Congo TM zone 16",
BASEGEOGCRS["IGC 1962 6th Parallel South",
DATUM["IGC 1962 Arc of the 6th Parallel South",
ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1880 (RGS)",6378249.145,293.465,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
ID["EPSG",4697]],
CONVERSION["Congo Transverse Mercator zone 16",
METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
ID["EPSG",9807]],
PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8801]],
PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",16,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8802]],
PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9999,
SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
ID["EPSG",8805]],
PARAMETER["False easting",500000,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8806]],
PARAMETER["False northing",10000000,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8807]]],
CS[Cartesian,2],
AXIS["(E)",east,
ORDER[1],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
AXIS["(N)",north,
ORDER[2],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
USAGE[
SCOPE["Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (medium scale)."],
AREA["The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) - adjacent to 6th parallel south traverse between 15°E and 17°E."],
BBOX[-5.87,15,-3.29,17]],
ID["EPSG",3320]]
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},
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"unit": "metre"
},
{
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}
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