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DATUM REPORT ARC 1950 DATUM DETAILS DATUM NAME Arc 1950 DATUM CODE 6209 ELLIPSOID [ 7013 ] Clarke 1880 (Arc) PRIME MERIDIAN [ 8901 ] Greenwich SCOPE Topographic mapping, geodetic survey. REALIZATION EPOCH 1950 AREA OF USE [ 1276 ] Africa - Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe -8.19 ° 20 ° 35.92 ° -26.88 ° Used in: Botswana; Malawi; Zambia; Zimbabwe. DATA SOURCE OGP REVISION DATE 06/24/2008 ELLIPSOID DETAILS ELLIPSOID NAME Clarke 1880 (Arc) ELLIPSOID CODE 7013 DIMENSIONS Semi Major Axis 6378249.145 metre Inverse Flattening 293.4663077 metre Shape Ellipsoid REMARKS Adopts Clarke's value for a with derived 1/f. Uses his 1865 ratio of 39.370432 inch per metre to convert semi-major axis to metres. INFORMATION SOURCE Chief Directorate: Surveys and Mapping, Mowbray, South Africa. DATA SOURCE OGP REVISION DATE 06/05/2001 PRIME MERIDIAN DETAILS

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DATUM REPORT

ARC 1950

DATUM DETAILS

DATUM NAME Arc 1950

DATUM CODE 6209

ELLIPSOID [ 7013 ] Clarke 1880 (Arc)

PRIME MERIDIAN [ 8901 ] Greenwich

SCOPE Topographic mapping, geodetic survey.

REALIZATION EPOCH 1950

AREA OF USE [ 1276 ] Africa - Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

-8.19 °

20 ° 35.92 °

-26.88 °

Used in: Botswana; Malawi; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

DATA SOURCE OGP

REVISION DATE 06/24/2008

ELLIPSOID DETAILS

ELLIPSOID NAME Clarke 1880 (Arc)

ELLIPSOID CODE 7013

DIMENSIONSSemi Major Axis 6378249.145 metre

Inverse Flattening 293.4663077 metre

Shape Ellipsoid

REMARKS Adopts Clarke's value for a with derived 1/f. Uses his 1865 ratio of 39.370432 inch per metre to convert semi-major axis to metres.

INFORMATION SOURCE Chief Directorate: Surveys and Mapping, Mowbray, South Africa.

DATA SOURCE OGP

REVISION DATE 06/05/2001

PRIME MERIDIAN DETAILS

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NAME Greenwich

CODE 8901

GREENWICH LONGITUDE 0 degree

DATA SOURCE OGP

REVISION DATE 06/02/1995