EPSG systems

EPSG:24719 La Canoa / UTM zone 19N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Venezuela - 72°W and 66°W onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:24719
Name	La Canoa / UTM zone 19N
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	Venezuela - 72°W and 66°W onshore Venezuela - between 72°W and 66°W, onshore.
Bounds	W -72,00° · S 0,73° · E -66,00° · N 12,25°
Countries	Venezuela
Datum	La Canoa
Ellipsoid	International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system	EPSG:4247 — La Canoa
Unit	metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84	La Canoa to WGS 84 (18) (EPSG:1516) — accuracy 2.5 m
Scope	Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	0	degree
Longitude of natural origin	-69	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	0.9996	unity
False easting	500000	metre
False northing	0	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=19 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-273.5,110.6,-357.9 +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:24719.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["La_Canoa_UTM_Zone_19N",GEOGCS["GCS_La_Canoa",DATUM["D_La_Canoa",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-69.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Venezuela

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

Projection parameters

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WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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