EPSG systems

EPSG:25884 ETRS89 / TM Baltic93

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Europe - Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:25884
NameETRS89 / TM Baltic93
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Europe - Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 19,02° · S 53,89° · E 28,24° · N 60,00°
Countries Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia
DatumEuropean Terrestrial Reference System 1989
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4258 — ETRS89
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 ETRS89 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1149) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeTopographic mapping (medium and small scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin24degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=24 +k=0.9996 +x_0=500000 +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:25884.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["ETRS_1989_TM_Baltic_1993",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",24.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Lithuania

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