I have to transform Gauss Kruger coordinates to Long/Lat coordinates in WGS84 and ETRS89. I have really no knowledge about all these coordinate systems and their transformations. My background is just software engineering. I just have to do this, because our system only supports Long/Lat coordinates in WGS84 and ETRS89, but a few sub systems deliver only Gauss Kruger coordinates, so I need to transform them. I have to integrate the transformation in a Java application.
I made some research on my own an I tried using the Java library of PROJ.4, but I do not get accurate results.
I used it as follows:
proj +proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=6 +k=1 +x_0=2500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=bessel +datum=potsdam +units=m +no_defs
For example, for
N: 5705784, E: 2944378
I get
Long: 12.377177, Lat: 51.314087
But the result should be:
Long: 12.375598, Lat: 51.312832
Is this difference normal?
How can I get more accurate results? I would really appreciate any help.
Other libraries are also fine.