EPSG systems

EPSG:9875 PNG94 / PNGMG94 zone 58

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Papua New Guinea - east of 162°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:9875
Name	PNG94 / PNGMG94 zone 58
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	Papua New Guinea - east of 162°E Papua New Guinea - east of 162°E to EEZ limit.
Bounds	W 162,00° · S -4,36° · E 162,81° · N -2,34°
Countries	Papua New Guinea
Datum	Papua New Guinea Geodetic Datum 1994
Ellipsoid	GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system	EPSG:5546 — PNG94
Unit	metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84	PNG94 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:5553) — accuracy 2 m
Scope	Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale).

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	0	degree
Longitude of natural origin	165	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	0.9996	unity
False easting	500000	metre
False northing	10000000	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=58 +south +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:9875.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["PNG94_PNGMG94_Zone_58",GEOGCS["GCS_PNG94",DATUM["D_Papua_New_Guinea_Geodetic_Datum_1994",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",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",165.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Papua New Guinea

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

Projection parameters

proj4 definition

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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