EPSG systems

EPSG:3828 TWD67 / TM2 zone 121

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Taiwan - onshore - mainland. 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:3828
NameTWD67 / TM2 zone 121
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Taiwan - onshore - mainland
Taiwan, Republic of China - onshore - Taiwan Island.
Bounds W 119,99° · S 21,87° · E 122,06° · N 25,34°
Countries Taiwan
DatumTaiwan Datum 1967
Ellipsoid GRS 1967 Modified a = 6378160 m · 1/f = 298.25
Base geographic system EPSG:3821 — TWD67
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin121degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9999unity
False easting250000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=121 +k=0.9999 +x_0=250000 +y_0=0 +ellps=aust_SA +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:3828.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["TWD_1967_TM_Taiwan",GEOGCS["GCS_TWD_1967",DATUM["D_TWD_1967",SPHEROID["GRS_1967_Truncated",6378160.0,298.25]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",250000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",121.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Taiwan

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