EPSG systems

EPSG:5659 Monte Mario / TM Emilia-Romagna

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Italy - Emilia-Romagna. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:5659
NameMonte Mario / TM Emilia-Romagna
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Italy - Emilia-Romagna
Italy - Emilia-Romagna region.
Bounds W 9,19° · S 43,73° · E 12,76° · N 45,14°
Countries Italy
DatumMonte Mario
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4265 — Monte Mario
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Monte Mario to WGS 84 (4) (EPSG:1660) — accuracy 4 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin9degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500053metre
False northing-3999820metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=9 +k=0.9996 +x_0=500053 +y_0=-3999820 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-104.1,-49.1,-9.9,0.971,-2.917,0.714,-11.68 +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:5659.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Monte_Mario_TM_Emilia-Romagna",GEOGCS["GCS_Monte_Mario",DATUM["D_Monte_Mario",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500053.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",-3999820.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",9.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Italy

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