EPSG systems

EPSG:4225 Corrego Alegre 1970-72

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Brazil - Corrego Alegre 1970-1972. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4225
NameCorrego Alegre 1970-72
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Brazil - Corrego Alegre 1970-1972
Brazil - onshore - west of 54°W and south of 18°S; also south of 15°S between 54°W and 42°W; also east of 42°W.
Bounds W -58,16° · S -33,78° · E -34,74° · N -2,68°
Countries Brazil
DatumCorrego Alegre 1970-72
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Corrego Alegre 1970-72 to WGS 84 (4) (EPSG:6194) — accuracy 5 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-206.05,168.28,-3.82 +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:4225.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Corrego_Alegre",DATUM["D_Corrego_Alegre",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.