EPSG systems

EPSG:4688 Fatu Iva 72

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: French Polynesia - Marquesas Islands - Fatu Hiva. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4688
NameFatu Iva 72
TypeGeographic system
Area of use French Polynesia - Marquesas Islands - Fatu Hiva
Bounds W -138,75° · S -10,60° · E -138,54° · N -10,36°
Countries French Polynesia
DatumFatu Iva 72
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Fatu Iva 72 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:8842) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeHydrography, topographic mapping.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=347.175,1077.618,2623.677,33.9058,-70.6776,9.4013,186.0647 +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:4688.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Fatu_Iva_1972",DATUM["D_Fatu_Iva_1972",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — French Polynesia

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