EPSG systems

EPSG:4254 Hito XVIII 1963

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: South America - Tierra del Fuego. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

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System record
Code	EPSG:4254
Name	Hito XVIII 1963
Type	Geographic system
Area of use	South America - Tierra del Fuego Chile - Tierra del Fuego, onshore; Argentina - Tierra del Fuego, onshore and offshore Atlantic west of 66°W.
Bounds	W -74,83° · S -55,96° · E -63,73° · N -51,65°
Countries	Chile, Argentina
Datum	Hito XVIII 1963
Ellipsoid	International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit	degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84	Hito XVIII 1963 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1892) — accuracy 44 m
Scope	Geodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=16,196,93 +no_defs

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WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Hito_XVIII_1963",DATUM["D_Hito_XVIII_1963",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

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

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WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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