EPSG systems

EPSG:2175 Pulkovo 1942(58) / Poland zone V

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

System record
CodeEPSG:2175
NamePulkovo 1942(58) / Poland zone V
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Poland - zone V
Poland - south central - between 49°20'N and 51°20'N, 18°20'E and 19°40'E.
Bounds W 18,33° · S 49,39° · E 19,67° · N 51,34°
Countries Poland
DatumPulkovo 1942(58)
Ellipsoid Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3
Base geographic system EPSG:4179 — Pulkovo 1942(58)
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Pulkovo 1942(58) to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1645) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin18.958333333333332degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.999983unity
False easting237000metre
False northing-4700000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=18.9583333333333 +k=0.999983 +x_0=237000 +y_0=-4700000 +ellps=krass +units=m +towgs84=33.4,-146.6,-76.3,-0.359,-0.053,0.844,-0.84 +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:2175.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Pulkovo_1942_Adj_1958_Poland_Zone_V",GEOGCS["GCS_Pulkovo_1942_Adj_1958",DATUM["D_Pulkovo_1942_Adj_1958",SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",237000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",-4700000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",18.9583333333333],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999983],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Poland

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