EPSG systems

EPSG:4503 CGCS2000 / Gauss-Kruger CM 81E

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: China - 78°E to 84°E. 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:4503
NameCGCS2000 / Gauss-Kruger CM 81E
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use China - 78°E to 84°E
China - between 78°E and 84°E.
Bounds W 77,98° · S 29,16° · E 84,00° · N 47,23°
Countries China
DatumChina 2000
Ellipsoid CGCS2000 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4490 — China Geodetic Coordinate System 2000
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeTopographic mapping (medium scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin81degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=81 +k=1 +x_0=500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +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:4503.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["CGCS2000_GK_CM_81E",GEOGCS["GCS_China_Geodetic_Coordinate_System_2000",DATUM["D_China_2000",SPHEROID["CGCS2000",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Gauss_Kruger"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",81.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — China

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