EPSG:2005 St. Kitts 1955 / British West Indies Grid
Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: St Kitts and Nevis - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.
| Code | EPSG:2005 |
|---|---|
| Name | St. Kitts 1955 / British West Indies Grid |
| Type | Projected system — Transverse Mercator |
| Area of use | St Kitts and Nevis - onshore |
| Bounds | W -62,92° · S 17,06° · E -62,50° · N 17,46° |
| Countries | St. Kitts & Nevis |
| Datum | St. Kitts 1955 |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465 |
| Base geographic system | EPSG:4605 — St. Kitts 1955 |
| Unit | metre (E east, N north) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | St. Kitts 1955 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1445) — accuracy 10 m |
| Scope | Engineering survey, topographic mapping. |
Projection parameters
| Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Latitude of natural origin | 0 | degree |
| Longitude of natural origin | -62 | degree |
| Scale factor at natural origin | 0.9995 | unity |
| False easting | 400000 | metre |
| False northing | 0 | metre |
proj4 definition
+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=-62 +k=0.9995 +x_0=400000 +y_0=0 +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +units=m +towgs84=9,183,236 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:2005.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
PROJCS["St_Kitts_1955_British_West_Indies_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_St_Kitts_1955",DATUM["D_St_Kitts_1955",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",400000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-62.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9995],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]Other systems — St. Kitts & Nevis
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.