EPSG:4241 Jamaica 1875
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Jamaica - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.
| Code | EPSG:4241 |
|---|---|
| Name | Jamaica 1875 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | Jamaica - onshore |
| Bounds | W -78,43° · S 17,64° · E -76,17° · N 18,58° |
| Countries | Jamaica |
| Datum | Jamaica 1875 |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1880 a = 6378249.144808011 m · 1/f = 293.466307656 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +a=6378249.14480801 +b=6356514.96620413 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:4241.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Jamaica_1875",DATUM["D_Jamaica_1875",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880",6378249.14480801,293.466307655636]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Jamaica
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.