EPSG systems

EPSG:3125 PRS92 / Philippines zone 5

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

System record
CodeEPSG:3125
NamePRS92 / Philippines zone 5
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Philippines - zone V
Philippines - approximately between 124°E and 126°E, onshore and offshore - east Mindanao (east of 124°E); Bohol; Samar.
Bounds W 123,73° · S 4,76° · E 126,65° · N 21,97°
Countries Philippines
DatumPhilippine Reference System 1992
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Base geographic system EPSG:4683 — PRS92
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 PRS92 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15708) — accuracy 0.05 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin125degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.99995unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=125 +k=0.99995 +x_0=500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=clrk66 +units=m +towgs84=-127.62,-67.24,-47.04,-3.068,4.903,1.578,-1.06 +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:3125.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["PRS_1992_Philippines_Zone_V",GEOGCS["GCS_PRS_1992",DATUM["D_Philippine_Reference_System_1992",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",125.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99995],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Philippines

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