EPSG systems

EPSG:3303 Fatu Iva 72 / UTM zone 7S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: French Polynesia - Marquesas Islands - Fatu Hiva. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:3303
NameFatu Iva 72 / UTM zone 7S
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use French Polynesia - Marquesas Islands - Fatu Hiva
Bounds W -138,75° · S -10,60° · E -138,54° · N -10,36°
Countries French Polynesia
DatumFatu Iva 72
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4688 — Fatu Iva 72
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Fatu Iva 72 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:8842) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-141degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing10000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=7 +south +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=347.175,1077.618,2623.677,33.9058,-70.6776,9.4013,186.0647 +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:3303.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Fatu_Iva_1972_UTM_Zone_7S",GEOGCS["GCS_Fatu_Iva_1972",DATUM["D_Fatu_Iva_1972",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",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-141.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — French Polynesia

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