EPSG systems

EPSG:5886 TGD2005

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Tonga. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:5886
NameTGD2005
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Tonga
Tonga - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W -179,08° · S -25,68° · E -171,28° · N -14,14°
Countries Tonga
DatumTonga Geodetic Datum 2005
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 TGD2005 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:9771) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +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:5886.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_TGD2005",DATUM["D_Tonga_Geodetic_Datum_2005",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Tonga

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