EPSG systems

EPSG:25828 ETRS89 / UTM zone 28N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Europe - 18°W to 12°W and ETRS89 by country. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:25828
NameETRS89 / UTM zone 28N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Europe - 18°W to 12°W and ETRS89 by country
Europe between 18°W and 12°W: Faroe Islands - offshore; Ireland - offshore; Jan Mayen - offshore; Portugal - offshore mainland; Spain - offshore mainland; United Kingdom (UKCS) - offshore.
Bounds W -16,10° · S 34,93° · E -11,99° · N 72,44°
Also covers Faroe Islands, Ireland, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
DatumEuropean Terrestrial Reference System 1989
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4258 — ETRS89
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 ETRS89 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1149) — accuracy 1 m
ScopePan-European conformal mapping at scales larger than 1:500,000, engineering survey and topographic mapping at all scales.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-15degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=28 +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:25828.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["ETRS_1989_UTM_Zone_28N",GEOGCS["GCS_ETRS_1989",DATUM["D_ETRS_1989",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-15.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Faroe Islands

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