EPSG systems

EPSG:4247 La Canoa

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Venezuela - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4247
NameLa Canoa
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Venezuela - onshore
Bounds W -73,38° · S 0,64° · E -59,80° · N 12,25°
Countries Venezuela
DatumLa Canoa
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 La Canoa to WGS 84 (18) (EPSG:1516) — accuracy 2.5 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-273.5,110.6,-357.9 +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:4247.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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

All systems — Venezuela

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