EPSG systems

EPSG:21898 Bogota 1975 / Colombia East Central zone

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Colombia - 72°35'W to 69°35'W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:21898
NameBogota 1975 / Colombia East Central zone
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Colombia - 72°35'W to 69°35'W
Colombia - onshore between 1°30'E and 4°30'E of Bogota (approximately 72°35'W and 69°35'W of Greenwich).
Bounds W -72,59° · S -4,23° · E -69,58° · N 12,52°
Countries Colombia
DatumBogota 1975
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4218 — Bogota 1975
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Bogota 1975 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1125) — accuracy 10 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin4.599047222222222degree
Longitude of natural origin-71.08091666666667degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting1000000metre
False northing1000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=4.59904722222222 +lon_0=-71.0809166666667 +k=1 +x_0=1000000 +y_0=1000000 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=307,304,-318 +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:21898.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Colombia_East_Central_Zone",GEOGCS["GCS_Bogota",DATUM["D_Bogota",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",1000000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",1000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-71.0809166666667],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",4.59904722222222],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Colombia

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