EPSG systems

EPSG:9972 SCM22 Grid

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: UK - Motherwell to Inverness. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:9972
NameSCM22 Grid
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use UK - Motherwell to Inverness
United Kingdom (UK) - on or related to the Scottish central mainline rail route from Motherwell through Perth and Pitlochry to Inverness.
Bounds W -4,40° · S 55,70° · E -3,30° · N 57,55°
Countries United Kingdom
DatumSCM22 Intermediate Reference Frame
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:9969 — SCM22-IRF
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey and topographic mapping for railway applications.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin56.6degree
Longitude of natural origin-3.85degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting108600.972metre
False northing239087.349metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=56.6 +lon_0=-3.85 +k=1 +x_0=108600.972 +y_0=239087.349 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +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:9972.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["SCM22_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_SCM22-IRF",DATUM["SCM22_Intermediate_Reference_Frame",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",108600.972],PARAMETER["False_Northing",239087.349],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-3.85],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",56.6],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — United Kingdom

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