'standard' projection for Scotland/UK/North Sea

Question

A shout out to all my international GIS users!

I've been asked to seed a geodatabase for some clients working in the North Sea & was wondering if anyone can help me identify a good standard (OOTB) projection for this data.  they have been unable to provide me any data yet, so i'm kind of flying blind.

thanks!

MelitaKennedy · Answer

A shout out to all my international GIS users!

I've been asked to seed a geodatabase for some clients working in the North Sea & was wondering if anyone can help me identify a good standard (OOTB) projection for this data.  they have been unable to provide me any data yet, so i'm kind of flying blind.

thanks!

The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset (http://www.epsg-registry.org, disclaimer: I'm on the committee) lists some ED50-based transverse Mercator zones. ED50 / TM 0 N is used by Shell. There's another one for Netherlands offshore with a central meridian at 5E. There are also ED50 and WGS84 UTM zones, but they may be offset a little for the area of interest.

Melita