EPSG systems

EPSG:2295 ATS77 / MTM Nova Scotia zone 5

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Canada - Nova Scotia - west of 63°W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:2295
NameATS77 / MTM Nova Scotia zone 5
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Canada - Nova Scotia - west of 63°W
Bounds W -66,28° · S 43,41° · E -63,00° · N 46,02°
Countries Canada
DatumAverage Terrestrial System 1977
Ellipsoid Average Terrestrial System 1977 a = 6378135 m · 1/f = 298.257
Base geographic system EPSG:4122 — ATS77
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-64.5degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9999unity
False easting5500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=-64.5 +k=0.9999 +x_0=5500000 +y_0=0 +a=6378135 +rf=298.257 +units=m +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:2295.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["ATS_1977_MTM_5_Nova_Scotia",GEOGCS["GCS_ATS_1977",DATUM["D_ATS_1977",SPHEROID["ATS_1977",6378135.0,298.257]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",5500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-64.5],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Canada

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