EPSG systems

EPSG:3199 LGD2006 / UTM zone 32N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Libya - west of 12°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:3199
NameLGD2006 / UTM zone 32N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Libya - west of 12°E
Libya - west of 12°E, onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 9,31° · S 23,51° · E 12,00° · N 33,92°
Countries Libya
DatumLibyan Geodetic Datum 2006
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4754 — LGD2006
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 LGD2006 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15908) — accuracy 0.1 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin9degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=32 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-208.4058,-109.8777,-2.5764 +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:3199.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["LGD2006_UTM_Zone_32N",GEOGCS["GCS_LGD2006",DATUM["D_Libyan_Geodetic_Datum_2006",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",9.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Libya

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