EPSG systems

EPSG:2451 JGD2000 / Japan Plane Rectangular CS IX

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

System record
CodeEPSG:2451
NameJGD2000 / Japan Plane Rectangular CS IX
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Japan - zone IX
Japan - onshore - Honshu - Tokyo-to. (Excludes offshore island areas of Tokyo-to covered by Japan Plane Rectangular Coordinate System zones XIV, XVIII and XIX).
Bounds W 138,40° · S 29,31° · E 141,11° · N 37,98°
Countries Japan
DatumJapanese Geodetic Datum 2000
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4612 — JGD2000
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 JGD2000 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1826) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin36degree
Longitude of natural origin139.83333333333334degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9999unity
False easting0metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=36 +lon_0=139.833333333333 +k=0.9999 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +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:2451.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["JGD_2000_Japan_Zone_9",GEOGCS["GCS_JGD_2000",DATUM["D_JGD_2000",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",139.833333333333],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",36.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Japan

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