EPSG systems

EPSG:10665 SIRGAS 2000 / Porto Alegre TM

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Brazil - Porto Alegre municipality. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:10665
NameSIRGAS 2000 / Porto Alegre TM
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Brazil - Porto Alegre municipality
Bounds W -51,30° · S -30,27° · E -51,01° · N -29,93°
Countries Brazil
DatumSistema de Referencia Geocentrico para las AmericaS 2000
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4674 — SIRGAS 2000
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 SIRGAS 2000 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15894) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-51degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.999995unity
False easting300000metre
False northing5000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=-51 +k=0.999995 +x_0=300000 +y_0=5000000 +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:10665.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["SIRGAS_2000_Porto_Alegre_TM",GEOGCS["GCS_SIRGAS_2000",DATUM["D_SIRGAS_2000",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",300000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",5000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-51.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999995],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Brazil

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