EPSG systems

EPSG:4612 JGD2000

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Japan. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4612
NameJGD2000
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Japan
Japan - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 122,38° · S 17,09° · E 157,65° · N 46,05°
Countries Japan
DatumJapanese Geodetic Datum 2000
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 JGD2000 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1826) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:4612.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_JGD_2000",DATUM["D_JGD_2000",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Japan

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