EPSG systems

EPSG:4302 Trinidad 1903

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4302
NameTrinidad 1903
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W -62,09° · S 9,83° · E -60,00° · N 11,51°
Countries Trinidad & Tobago
DatumTrinidad 1903
Ellipsoid Clarke 1858 a = 6378293.645208759 m · 1/f = 294.260676369
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Trinidad 1903 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1296) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6378293.64520876 +b=6356617.98767984 +towgs84=-61.702,284.488,472.052 +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:4302.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Trinidad_1903",DATUM["D_Trinidad_1903",SPHEROID["Clarke_1858",6378293.64520876,294.260676369261]],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.