EPSG systems

EPSG:24548 Kertau 1968 / UTM zone 48N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Malaysia - West Malaysia - east of 102°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:24548
NameKertau 1968 / UTM zone 48N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Malaysia - West Malaysia - east of 102°E
Malaysia - onshore West Malaysia east of 102°E and offshore east coast.
Bounds W 102,00° · S 1,21° · E 105,82° · N 7,81°
Countries Malaysia
DatumKertau 1968
Ellipsoid Everest 1830 Modified a = 6377304.063 m · 1/f = 300.8017
Base geographic system EPSG:4245 — Kertau 1968
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Kertau 1968 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1158) — accuracy 15 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin105degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=48 +ellps=evrst48 +units=m +towgs84=-11,851,5 +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:24548.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Kertau_UTM_Zone_48N",GEOGCS["GCS_Kertau",DATUM["D_Kertau",SPHEROID["Everest_1830_Modified",6377304.063,300.8017]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",105.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Malaysia

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