EPSG systems

EPSG:2004 Montserrat 1958 / British West Indies Grid

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Montserrat - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2004
NameMontserrat 1958 / British West Indies Grid
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Montserrat - onshore
Bounds W -62,29° · S 16,62° · E -62,08° · N 16,87°
Countries Montserrat
DatumMontserrat 1958
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Base geographic system EPSG:4604 — Montserrat 1958
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Montserrat 1958 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1444) — accuracy 44 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-62degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9995unity
False easting400000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=-62 +k=0.9995 +x_0=400000 +y_0=0 +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +units=m +towgs84=174,359,365 +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:2004.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Montserrat_1958_British_West_Indies_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_Montserrat_1958",DATUM["D_Montserrat_1958",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",400000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-62.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9995],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Montserrat

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