EPSG:27700

OSGB36 / British National Grid -- United Kingdom Ordnance Survey

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Available transformations
to EPSG:4326
EPSG:4326 - WGS 84

Selected transformation

Method: Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)

Remarks: Commonly referred to as the "OSGB Petroleum transformation". For a more accurate transformation see ETRS89 to OSGB36 / British National Grid (3) (code 7953).

Information source: UK Offshore Operators Association. Also at EuroGeographics at http://crs.bkg.bund.de/crs-eu

Revision date: 2021-03-18

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: OSGB36

Datum: Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1936

Ellipsoid: Airy 1830

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Ordnance Survey of Great Britain.

Revision date: 2021-03-18

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Area of use: United Kingdom (UK) - offshore to boundary of UKCS within 49°45'N to 61°N and 9°W to 2°E; onshore Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). Isle of Man onshore.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.

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Center coordinates
308188.48 608846.16

Projected bounds:
-90619.29 -12256.46
682224.36 1247839.43

WGS84 bounds:
-8.82 49.79
1.92 60.94

United Kingdom (UK) - Great Britain - England and Wales onshore, Scotland onshore and Western Isles nearshore including Sea of the Hebrides and The Minch; Isle of Man onshore.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJCS["OSGB36 / British National Grid",
    GEOGCS["OSGB36",
        DATUM["Ordnance_Survey_of_Great_Britain_1936",
            SPHEROID["Airy 1830",6377563.396,299.3249646],
            TOWGS84[446.448,-125.157,542.06,0.15,0.247,0.842,-20.489]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4277"]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",49],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",-2],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996012717],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",400000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",-100000],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AXIS["Easting",EAST],
    AXIS["Northing",NORTH],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","27700"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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        PROJCRS["OSGB36 / British National Grid",
            BASEGEOGCRS["OSGB36",
                DATUM["Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1936",
                    ELLIPSOID["Airy 1830",6377563.396,299.3249646,
                        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
                PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                ID["EPSG",4277]],
            CONVERSION["British National Grid",
                METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
                    ID["EPSG",9807]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",49,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8801]],
                PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-2,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8802]],
                PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996012717,
                    SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8805]],
                PARAMETER["False easting",400000,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8806]],
                PARAMETER["False northing",-100000,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8807]]],
            CS[Cartesian,2],
                AXIS["(E)",east,
                    ORDER[1],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["(N)",north,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Engineering survey, topographic mapping."],
                AREA["United Kingdom (UK) - offshore to boundary of UKCS within 49°45'N to 61°N and 9°W to 2°E; onshore Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). Isle of Man onshore."],
                BBOX[49.75,-9.01,61.01,2.01]],
            ID["EPSG",27700]]],
    TARGETCRS[
        GEOGCRS["WGS 84",
            ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
                ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
                AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
                    ORDER[1],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
                AREA["World."],
                BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
            ID["EPSG",4326]]],
    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation from unknown to WGS84",
        METHOD["Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)",
            ID["EPSG",9606]],
        PARAMETER["X-axis translation",446.448,
            ID["EPSG",8605]],
        PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",-125.157,
            ID["EPSG",8606]],
        PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",542.06,
            ID["EPSG",8607]],
        PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",0.15,
            ID["EPSG",8608]],
        PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",0.247,
            ID["EPSG",8609]],
        PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0.842,
            ID["EPSG",8610]],
        PARAMETER["Scale difference",0.999979511,
            ID["EPSG",8611]]]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJCS["British_National_Grid",
    GEOGCS["GCS_OSGB_1936",
        DATUM["D_OSGB_1936",
            SPHEROID["Airy_1830",6377563.396,299.3249646]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
        UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["False_Easting",400000.0],
    PARAMETER["False_Northing",-100000.0],
    PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-2.0],
    PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996012717],
    PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",49.0],
    UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-2 +k=0.9996012717 +x_0=400000 +y_0=-100000 +ellps=airy +towgs84=446.448,-125.157,542.06,0.15,0.247,0.842,-20.489 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

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Definition: JSON

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                },
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                    "name": "Longitude of natural origin",
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                {
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                },
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                    "name": "Geodetic latitude",
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        },
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}

Definition: GeoServer

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=tmerc"
	"lat_0=49"
	"lon_0=-2"
	"k=0.9996012717"
	"x_0=400000"
	"y_0=-100000"
	"ellps=airy"
	"towgs84=446.448,-125.157,542.06,0.15,0.247,0.842,-20.489"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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