EPSG:4288 Loma Quintana
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Venezuela - north of 7°45'N. 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:4288 |
|---|---|
| Name | Loma Quintana |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Venezuela - north of 7°45'N Venezuela - onshore north of approximately 7°45'N. |
| Bounds | W -73,38° · S 7,75° · E -59,80° · N 12,25° |
| Countries | Venezuela |
| Datum | Loma Quintana |
| Ellipsoid | International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +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:4288.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Loma_Quintana",DATUM["D_Loma_Quintana",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Venezuela
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- EPSG:2201REGVEN / UTM zone 18N
- EPSG:2202REGVEN / UTM zone 19N
- EPSG:2203REGVEN / UTM zone 20N
- EPSG:2317PSAD56 / ICN Regional
- EPSG:4189REGVEN
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- EPSG:4249Lake
- EPSG:24718La Canoa / UTM zone 18N
- EPSG:24719La Canoa / UTM zone 19N
- EPSG:24720La Canoa / UTM zone 20N
- EPSG:24818PSAD56 / UTM zone 18N
- EPSG:24819PSAD56 / UTM zone 19N
- EPSG:24820PSAD56 / UTM zone 20N
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.