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    EPSG:5836 — Yemen NGN96 / UTM zone 37N

    Yemen NGN96 / UTM zone 37N (EPSG:5836) — a Projected (metres) system on the WGS84 datum, used in Yemen. Parameters, proj4, WKT, accuracy ±0.1 m, plus a free converter to…

    At a glance

    EPSG
    5836
    Name
    Yemen NGN96 / UTM zone 37N
    Kind
    Projected (metres)
    Family
    Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
    Ellipsoid
    WGS84
    Accuracy
    ±0.1 m (vs PROJ)
    Countries
    Yemen
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    Area of use

    West41.08°
    South14.73°
    East42.00°
    North16.36°

    Projection parameters

    Projectionutm
    UTM zone37
    EllipsoidWGS84
    Unitsm
    proj4
    +proj=utm +zone=37 +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs
    WKT (ESRI)
    PROJCS["Yemen NGN96 / UTM zone 37N",GEOGCS["GCS_Yemen NGN96 / UTM zone 37N",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",39],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0],UNIT["Meter",1],AUTHORITY["EPSG","5836"]]

    Sample conversion

    Centre of the area of use: WGS84 41.54000, 15.54500 → EPSG:5836 772441.996, 1720226.022

    Values are within ±0.1 m at the test point.

    About the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) family

    Yemen NGN96 / UTM zone 37N is a Universal Transverse Mercator zone — a 6°-wide belt of the worldwide UTM system, in metres, centred on a meridian carefully chosen so distortion stays low across the zone. It is the everyday working grid for GPS-derived surveying in Yemen.

    The classic field mistake with UTM is using the wrong zone: a point one zone away is easily hundreds of kilometres off. Always confirm the zone number (and the hemisphere) before importing coordinates, and remember that UTM eastings are offset by a 500 km false easting so they never go negative.

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    FAQ

    It is the coordinate system “Yemen NGN96 / UTM zone 37N”, a Projected (metres) system in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) family, identified worldwide by the code EPSG:5836.

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