EPSG systems

EPSG:4662 IGN72 Grande Terre

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: New Caledonia - Grande Terre. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4662
NameIGN72 Grande Terre
TypeGeographic system
Area of use New Caledonia - Grande Terre
Bounds W 163,92° · S -22,45° · E 167,09° · N -20,03°
Countries New Caledonia
DatumIGN72 Grande Terre
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 IGN72 Grande Terre to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:15903) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-11.64,-348.6,291.98 +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:4662.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_IGN72_Grande_Terre",DATUM["D_IGN72_Grande_Terre",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — New Caledonia

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