EPSG systems

EPSG:6687 JGD2011 / Japan Plane Rectangular CS XIX

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Japan - Minamitori-shima (Marcus Island) - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:6687
NameJGD2011 / Japan Plane Rectangular CS XIX
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Japan - Minamitori-shima (Marcus Island) - onshore
Japan - onshore - Tokyo-to south of 28°N and east of 143°E - Minamitori-shima (Marcus Island).
Bounds W 153,91° · S 24,22° · E 154,05° · N 24,35°
Countries Japan
DatumJapanese Geodetic Datum 2011
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:6668 — JGD2011
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 JGD2011 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:9936) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin26degree
Longitude of natural origin154degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9999unity
False easting0metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=26 +lon_0=154 +k=0.9999 +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:6687.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["JGD_2011_Japan_Zone_19",GEOGCS["GCS_JGD_2011",DATUM["D_JGD_2011",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",154.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",26.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Japan

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