EPSG:4622 Guadeloupe 1948
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Guadeloupe - Grande-Terre and surrounding islands - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4622 |
|---|---|
| Name | Guadeloupe 1948 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Guadeloupe - Grande-Terre and surrounding islands - onshore Guadeloupe - onshore - Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, La Desirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes. |
| Bounds | W -61,85° · S 15,80° · E -60,97° · N 16,55° |
| Countries | Guadeloupe |
| Datum | Guadeloupe 1948 |
| Ellipsoid | International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Guadeloupe 1948 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1905) — accuracy 0.1 m |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-472.29,-5.63,-304.12,0.4362,-0.8374,0.2563,1.8984 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:4622.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Sainte_Anne",DATUM["D_Sainte_Anne",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Guadeloupe
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.