EPSG systems

EPSG:4602 Dominica 1945

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4602
NameDominica 1945
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Dominica - onshore
Bounds W -61,55° · S 15,14° · E -61,20° · N 15,69°
Countries Dominica
DatumDominica 1945
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Dominica 1945 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1442) — accuracy 10 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +towgs84=725,685,536 +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:4602.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Dominica_1945",DATUM["D_Dominica_1945",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Dominica

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