EPSG systems

EPSG:5247 GDBD2009 / Brunei BRSO

Projected system (Hotine Oblique Mercator (variant A)) in use: Brunei. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:5247
NameGDBD2009 / Brunei BRSO
TypeProjected system — Hotine Oblique Mercator (variant A)
Area of use Brunei
Brunei Darussalam - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 112,37° · S 4,01° · E 115,37° · N 6,31°
Countries Brunei
DatumGeocentric Datum Brunei Darussalam 2009
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:5246 — GDBD2009
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 GDBD2009 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:6701) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of projection centre4degree
Longitude of projection centre115degree
Azimuth at projection centre53.315809949999995degree
Angle from Rectified to Skew Grid53.13010236111111degree
Scale factor at projection centre0.99984unity
False easting0metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=omerc +no_uoff +lat_0=4 +lonc=115 +alpha=53.31580995 +gamma=53.1301023611111 +k=0.99984 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:5247.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["GDBD2009_GEORSO",GEOGCS["GCS_GDBD2009",DATUM["D_GDBD2009",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Rectified_Skew_Orthomorphic_Natural_Origin"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99984],PARAMETER["Azimuth",53.31580995],PARAMETER["Longitude_Of_Center",115.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Center",4.0],PARAMETER["XY_Plane_Rotation",53.13010235415598],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Brunei

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