EPSG systems

EPSG:4218 Bogota 1975

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Colombia - mainland and offshore Caribbean. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4218
NameBogota 1975
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Colombia - mainland and offshore Caribbean
Bounds W -79,10° · S -4,23° · E -66,87° · N 13,68°
Countries Colombia
DatumBogota 1975
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Bogota 1975 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1125) — accuracy 10 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +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:4218.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Bogota",DATUM["D_Bogota",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Colombia

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