EPSG systems

EPSG:3164 ST87 Ouvea / UTM zone 58S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: New Caledonia - Ouvea. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:3164
NameST87 Ouvea / UTM zone 58S
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use New Caledonia - Ouvea
New Caledonia - Loyalty Islands - Ouvea.
Bounds W 166,44° · S -20,77° · E 166,71° · N -20,34°
Countries New Caledonia
DatumST87 Ouvea
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Base geographic system EPSG:4750 — ST87 Ouvea
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 ST87 Ouvea to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:15881) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin165degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing10000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=58 +south +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +towgs84=-56.263,16.136,-22.856 +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:3164.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["ST87_Ouvea_UTM_58S",GEOGCS["GCS_ST87_Ouvea",DATUM["D_ST87_Ouvea",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",165.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — New Caledonia

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