EPSG systems

EPSG:6708 RDN2008 / UTM zone 33N (N-E)

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Italy - 12°E to 18°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:6708
NameRDN2008 / UTM zone 33N (N-E)
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Italy - 12°E to 18°E
Italy - onshore and offshore - between 12°E and 18°E including San Marino and Vatican City State.
Bounds W 12,00° · S 34,79° · E 18,00° · N 47,10°
Countries Italy
DatumRete Dinamica Nazionale 2008
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:6706 — RDN2008
Unit metre (N north, E east)
Transformation to WGS 84 RDN2008 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:6711) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin15degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=33 +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:6708.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["RDN2008_TM33",GEOGCS["GCS_RDN2008",DATUM["D_Rete_Dinamica_Nazionale_2008",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",15.0],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.