EPSG systems

EPSG:10316 RGNC15 / UTM zone 58S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: New Caledonia - 162°E to 168°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:10316
Name	RGNC15 / UTM zone 58S
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	New Caledonia - 162°E to 168°E New Caledonia - between 162°E and 168°E onshore and offshore.
Bounds	W 162,00° · S -26,45° · E 168,00° · N -14,83°
Countries	New Caledonia
Datum	Reseau Geodesique de Nouvelle Caledonie 2015
Ellipsoid	GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system	EPSG:10310 — RGNC15
Unit	metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84	RGNC15 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:10324) — accuracy 1 m
Scope	Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	0	degree
Longitude of natural origin	165	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	0.9996	unity
False easting	500000	metre
False northing	10000000	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=58 +south +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:10316.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["RGNC15_UTM_zone_58S",GEOGCS["GCS_RGNC15",DATUM["Reseau_Geodesique_de_Nouvelle_Caledonie_2015",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",165.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — New Caledonia

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

Projection parameters

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WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

Other systems — New Caledonia