EPSG systems

EPSG:3094 Tokyo / UTM zone 53N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Japan - 132°E to 138°E onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:3094
Name	Tokyo / UTM zone 53N
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	Japan - 132°E to 138°E onshore Japan - onshore between 132°E and 138°E.
Bounds	W 132,00° · S 20,37° · E 138,00° · N 37,58°
Countries	Japan
Datum	Tokyo
Ellipsoid	Bessel 1841 a = 6377397.155 m · 1/f = 299.1528128
Base geographic system	EPSG:4301 — Tokyo
Unit	metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84	Tokyo to WGS 84 (108) (EPSG:15484) — accuracy 9 m
Scope	Topographic mapping (medium scale).

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	0	degree
Longitude of natural origin	135	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	0.9996	unity
False easting	500000	metre
False northing	0	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=53 +ellps=bessel +units=m +towgs84=-146.414,507.337,680.507 +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:3094.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Tokyo_UTM_Zone_53N",GEOGCS["GCS_Tokyo",DATUM["D_Tokyo",SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",135.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],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.

Projection parameters

proj4 definition

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

Other systems — Japan