EPSG systems

EPSG:4618 SAD69

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: South America - SAD69 by country. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4618
NameSAD69
TypeGeographic system
Area of use South America - SAD69 by country
Brazil - onshore and offshore. In rest of South America - onshore north of approximately 45°S and Tierra del Fuego.
Bounds W -91,72° · S -55,96° · E -25,28° · N 12,52°
Countries Brazil
DatumSouth American Datum 1969
Ellipsoid GRS 1967 Modified a = 6378160 m · 1/f = 298.25
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 SAD69 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1864) — accuracy 19 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=aust_SA +towgs84=-57,1,-41 +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:4618.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_South_American_1969",DATUM["D_South_American_1969",SPHEROID["GRS_1967_Truncated",6378160.0,298.25]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Brazil

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