EPSG systems

EPSG:4300 TM75

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Europe - Ireland (Republic and Ulster) - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4300
NameTM75
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Europe - Ireland (Republic and Ulster) - onshore
Ireland - onshore. United Kingdom (UK) - Northern Ireland (Ulster) - onshore.
Bounds W -10,56° · S 51,39° · E -5,34° · N 55,43°
Countries Ireland, United Kingdom
DatumGeodetic Datum of 1965
Ellipsoid Airy Modified 1849 a = 6377340.189 m · 1/f = 299.3249646
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 TM75 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1954) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeBasis for topographic mapping.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6377340.189 +rf=299.3249646 +towgs84=482.5,-130.6,564.6,-1.042,-0.214,-0.631,8.15 +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:4300.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_TM75",DATUM["D_TM75",SPHEROID["Airy_Modified",6377340.189,299.3249646]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Ireland

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