EPSG systems

EPSG:21292 Barbados 1938 / Barbados National Grid

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Barbados - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:21292
NameBarbados 1938 / Barbados National Grid
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Barbados - onshore
Bounds W -59,71° · S 13,00° · E -59,37° · N 13,39°
Countries Barbados
DatumBarbados 1938
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Base geographic system EPSG:4212 — Barbados 1938
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Barbados 1938 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15793) — accuracy 3 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin13.176388888888889degree
Longitude of natural origin-59.55972222222222degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9999986unity
False easting30000metre
False northing75000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=13.1763888888889 +lon_0=-59.5597222222222 +k=0.9999986 +x_0=30000 +y_0=75000 +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +units=m +towgs84=31.95,300.99,419.19 +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:21292.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Barbados_1938_Barbados_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_Barbados_1938",DATUM["D_Barbados_1938",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",30000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",75000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-59.5597222222222],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999986],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",13.1763888888889],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Barbados

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