EPSG systems

EPSG:4224 Chua

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: South America - Brazil - south of 18°S and west of 54°W + DF; N Paraguay. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4224
NameChua
TypeGeographic system
Area of use South America - Brazil - south of 18°S and west of 54°W + DF; N Paraguay
Brazil - south of 18°S and west of 54°W, plus Distrito Federal. Paraguay - north.
Bounds W -62,57° · S -31,91° · E -47,10° · N -15,37°
Countries Brazil, Paraguay
DatumChua
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Chua to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1131) — accuracy 12 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-134,229,-29 +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:4224.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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

All systems — Brazil

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