EPSG systems

EPSG:4309 Yacare

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4309
NameYacare
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Uruguay - onshore
Bounds W -58,49° · S -35,00° · E -53,09° · N -30,09°
Countries Uruguay
DatumYacare
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Yacare to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:5386) — accuracy 1.5 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-124.45,183.74,44.64,-0.4384,0.5446,-0.9706,-2.1365 +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:4309.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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

All systems — Uruguay

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