EPSG systems

EPSG:31252 MGI (Ferro) / Austria GK Central Zone

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Austria - 11°50'E to 14°50'E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:31252
NameMGI (Ferro) / Austria GK Central Zone
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Austria - 11°50'E to 14°50'E
Austria between 11°50'E and 14°50'E of Greenwich (29°30'E and 32°30'E of Ferro).
Bounds W 11,83° · S 46,40° · E 14,84° · N 48,79°
Countries Austria
DatumMilitar-Geographische Institut (Ferro)
Ellipsoid Bessel 1841 a = 6377397.155 m · 1/f = 299.1528128
Prime meridianFerro -17.666666666666668 degree
Base geographic system EPSG:4805 — MGI (Ferro)
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin31degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting0metre
False northing-5000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=31 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=-5000000 +ellps=bessel +pm=ferro +units=m +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:31252.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["MGI_Ferro_Austria_GK_Central",GEOGCS["GCS_MGI_Ferro",DATUM["Militar-Geographische_Institut_(Ferro)",SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Ferro",-17.6666666666667],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",-5000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",31.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Austria

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