EPSG systems

EPSG:4271 Naparima 1972

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4271
NameNaparima 1972
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Trinidad and Tobago - Tobago - onshore
Bounds W -60,90° · S 11,08° · E -60,44° · N 11,41°
Countries Trinidad & Tobago
DatumNaparima 1972
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Naparima 1972 to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:1307) — accuracy 26 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-2,374,172 +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:4271.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Naparima_1972",DATUM["D_Naparima_1972",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Trinidad & Tobago

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