EPSG systems

EPSG:4603 Grenada 1953

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4603
NameGrenada 1953
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Grenada and southern Grenadines - onshore
Grenada and southern Grenadine Islands - onshore.
Bounds W -61,84° · S 11,94° · E -61,35° · N 12,57°
Countries Grenada
DatumGrenada 1953
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Grenada 1953 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1443) — accuracy 10 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +towgs84=72,213.7,93 +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:4603.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Grenada_1953",DATUM["D_Grenada_1953",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Grenada

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