EPSG systems

EPSG:4750 ST87 Ouvea

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4750
NameST87 Ouvea
TypeGeographic system
Area of use New Caledonia - Ouvea
New Caledonia - Loyalty Islands - Ouvea.
Bounds W 166,44° · S -20,77° · E 166,71° · N -20,34°
Countries New Caledonia
DatumST87 Ouvea
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 ST87 Ouvea to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:15881) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=-56.263,16.136,-22.856 +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:4750.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_ST87_Ouvea",DATUM["D_ST87_Ouvea",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],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.