EPSG systems

EPSG:3912 MGI 1901 / Slovene National Grid

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Slovenia. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:3912
NameMGI 1901 / Slovene National Grid
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Slovenia
Slovenia - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 13,38° · S 45,42° · E 16,61° · N 46,88°
Countries Slovenia
DatumMGI 1901
Ellipsoid Bessel 1841 a = 6377397.155 m · 1/f = 299.1528128
Base geographic system EPSG:3906 — MGI 1901
Unit metre (Y east, X north)
Transformation to WGS 84 MGI 1901 to WGS 84 (16) (EPSG:8688) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin15degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9999unity
False easting500000metre
False northing-5000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=15 +k=0.9999 +x_0=500000 +y_0=-5000000 +ellps=bessel +units=m +towgs84=476.08,125.947,417.81,4.610862,2.388137,-11.942335,9.896638 +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:3912.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["MGI_1901_Slovene_National_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_MGI_1901",DATUM["D_MGI_1901",SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",-5000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",15.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Slovenia

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