EPSG systems

EPSG:6706 RDN2008

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Italy - including San Marino and Vatican. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:6706
NameRDN2008
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Italy - including San Marino and Vatican
Italy - onshore and offshore; San Marino, Vatican City State.
Bounds W 5,93° · S 34,76° · E 18,99° · N 47,10°
Countries Italy
DatumRete Dinamica Nazionale 2008
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 RDN2008 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:6711) — 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:6706.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_RDN2008",DATUM["D_Rete_Dinamica_Nazionale_2008",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Italy

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