EPSG systems

EPSG:24892 PSAD56 / Peru central zone

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Peru - 79°W to 73°W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:24892
Name	PSAD56 / Peru central zone
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	Peru - 79°W to 73°W Peru - between 79°W and 73°W, onshore.
Bounds	W -79,00° · S -16,57° · E -73,00° · N -0,03°
Countries	Peru
Datum	Provisional South American Datum 1956
Ellipsoid	International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system	EPSG:4248 — PSAD56
Unit	metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84	PSAD56 to WGS 84 (8) (EPSG:1208) — accuracy 16 m
Scope	Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	-9.5	degree
Longitude of natural origin	-76	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	0.99932994	unity
False easting	720000	metre
False northing	1039979.159	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=-9.5 +lon_0=-76 +k=0.99932994 +x_0=720000 +y_0=1039979.159 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-279,175,-379 +no_defs

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WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Peru_Central_Zone",GEOGCS["GCS_Provisional_S_American_1956",DATUM["D_Provisional_S_American_1956",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",720000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",1039979.159],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-76.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99932994],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",-9.5],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Peru

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

Projection parameters

proj4 definition

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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