EPSG systems

EPSG:10235 OxWo08 Grid

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: UK - Oxford to Worcester. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:10235
NameOxWo08 Grid
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use UK - Oxford to Worcester
United Kingdom (UK) - on or related to the rail route from Oxford to Worcester.
Bounds W -2,31° · S 51,65° · E -1,15° · N 52,26°
Countries United Kingdom
DatumOxWo08 Intermediate Reference Frame
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:10229 — OxWo08-IRF
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey and topographic mapping for railway applications.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin51.95degree
Longitude of natural origin-1.7degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting134791.6965metre
False northing121872.5056metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=51.95 +lon_0=-1.7 +k=1 +x_0=134791.6965 +y_0=121872.5056 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:10235.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["OxWo08_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_OxWo08-IRF",DATUM["OxWo08_Intermediate_Reference_Frame",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",134791.6965],PARAMETER["False_Northing",121872.5056],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-1.7],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",51.95],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — United Kingdom

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.