EPSG systems

EPSG:2039 Israel 1993 / Israeli TM Grid

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Asia - Middle East - Israel and Palestine Territory onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2039
NameIsrael 1993 / Israeli TM Grid
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Asia - Middle East - Israel and Palestine Territory onshore
Israel - onshore; Palestine Territory - onshore.
Bounds W 34,17° · S 29,45° · E 35,69° · N 33,28°
Countries Israel, Palestinian Territories
DatumIsrael 1993
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4141 — Israel 1993
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Israel 1993 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:9676) — accuracy 0.5 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin31.734393611111113degree
Longitude of natural origin35.20451694444445degree
Scale factor at natural origin1.0000067unity
False easting219529.584metre
False northing626907.39metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=31.7343936111111 +lon_0=35.2045169444444 +k=1.0000067 +x_0=219529.584 +y_0=626907.39 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +towgs84=23.772,17.49,17.859,-0.3132,-1.85274,1.67299,-5.4262 +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:2039.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Israel_TM_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_Israel",DATUM["D_Israel",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",219529.584],PARAMETER["False_Northing",626907.39],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",35.2045169444444],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0000067],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",31.7343936111111],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Israel

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