EPSG systems

EPSG:2090 Yemen NGN96 / UTM zone 39N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Yemen - 48°E to 54°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2090
NameYemen NGN96 / UTM zone 39N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Yemen - 48°E to 54°E
Yemen - between 48°E and 54°E, onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 48,00° · S 9,45° · E 54,01° · N 19,00°
Countries Yemen
DatumYemen National Geodetic Network 1996
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Base geographic system EPSG:4163 — Yemen NGN96
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Yemen NGN96 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1540) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin51degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=39 +ellps=WGS84 +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:2090.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Yemen_NGN_1996_UTM_Zone_39N",GEOGCS["GCS_Yemen_NGN_1996",DATUM["D_Yemen_NGN_1996",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",51.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Yemen

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