EPSG systems

EPSG:4690 Tahiti 79

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4690
NameTahiti 79
TypeGeographic system
Area of use French Polynesia - Society Islands - Tahiti
Bounds W -149,70° · S -17,93° · E -149,09° · N -17,44°
Countries French Polynesia
DatumTahiti 79
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Tahiti 79 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:8830) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHydrography, topographic mapping.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=221.597,152.441,176.523,2.403,1.3893,0.884,11.4648 +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:4690.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Tahiti_1979",DATUM["D_Tahiti_1979",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.