EPSG systems

EPSG:3306 Maupiti 83 / UTM zone 5S

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

System record
CodeEPSG:3306
NameMaupiti 83 / UTM zone 5S
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use French Polynesia - Society Islands - Maupiti
Bounds W -152,39° · S -16,57° · E -152,14° · N -16,34°
Countries French Polynesia
DatumMaupiti 83
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4692 — Maupiti 83
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Maupiti 83 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:8853) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-153degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing10000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=5 +south +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=217.109,86.452,23.711,0.0183,-0.0003,0.007,-0.0093 +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:3306.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Maupiti_1983_UTM_Zone_5S",GEOGCS["GCS_Maupiti_1983",DATUM["D_Maupiti_1983",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",-153.0],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.