EPSG systems

EPSG:10275 SMITB20 Grid

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: UK - Okehampton to Penstone. 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:10275
NameSMITB20 Grid
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use UK - Okehampton to Penstone
United Kingdom (UK) - on or related to the rail route from Okehampton to Penstone.
Bounds W -4,11° · S 50,65° · E -3,60° · N 50,86°
Countries United Kingdom
DatumSMITB20 Intermediate Reference Frame
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:10272 — SMITB20-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 origin50.75degree
Longitude of natural origin-3.85degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting110693.666metre
False northing102089.2943metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=50.75 +lon_0=-3.85 +k=1 +x_0=110693.666 +y_0=102089.2943 +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:10275.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["SMITB20_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_SMITB20-IRF",DATUM["SMITB20_Intermediate_Reference_Frame",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",110693.666],PARAMETER["False_Northing",102089.2943],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-3.85],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",50.75],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.