EPSG systems

EPSG:4689 IGN63 Hiva Oa

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4689
NameIGN63 Hiva Oa
TypeGeographic system
Area of use French Polynesia - Marquesas Islands - Hiva Oa and Tahuata
Bounds W -139,23° · S -10,08° · E -138,75° · N -9,64°
Countries French Polynesia
DatumIGN63 Hiva Oa
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 IGN63 Hiva Oa to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:8844) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeHydrography, topographic mapping.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=410.793,54.542,80.501,-2.5596,-2.3517,-0.6594,17.3218 +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:4689.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_IGN63_Hiva_Oa",DATUM["D_IGN63_Hiva_Oa",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.