EPSG systems

EPSG:7799 BGS2005 / UTM zone 34N (N-E)

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Bulgaria - west of 24°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:7799
NameBGS2005 / UTM zone 34N (N-E)
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Bulgaria - west of 24°E
Bounds W 22,36° · S 41,32° · E 24,00° · N 44,23°
Countries Bulgaria
DatumBulgaria Geodetic System 2005
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:7798 — BGS2005
Unit metre (x north, y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 BGS2005 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:8890) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeTopographic mapping (medium and small scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin21degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=34 +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:7799.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["BGS2005_UTM_zone_34N_(N-E)",GEOGCS["GCS_BGS2005",DATUM["Bulgaria_Geodetic_System_2005",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",21.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Bulgaria

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