EPSG systems

EPSG:2326 Hong Kong 1980 Grid System

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

System record
CodeEPSG:2326
NameHong Kong 1980 Grid System
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use China - Hong Kong
China - Hong Kong - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 113,76° · S 22,13° · E 114,51° · N 22,58°
Countries China
DatumHong Kong 1980
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4611 — Hong Kong 1980
Unit metre (N north, E east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Hong Kong 1980 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1825) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin22.312133333333335degree
Longitude of natural origin114.17855555555556degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting836694.05metre
False northing819069.8metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=22.3121333333333 +lon_0=114.178555555556 +k=1 +x_0=836694.05 +y_0=819069.8 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-162.619,-276.959,-161.764,0.067753,-2.243648,-1.158828,-1.094246 +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:2326.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Hong_Kong_1980_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_Hong_Kong_1980",DATUM["D_Hong_Kong_1980",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",836694.05],PARAMETER["False_Northing",819069.8],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",114.178555555556],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",22.3121333333333],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — China

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