EPSG systems

EPSG:4710 Astro DOS 71

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: St Helena - St Helena Island. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4710
NameAstro DOS 71
TypeGeographic system
Area of use St Helena - St Helena Island
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - St Helena Island - onshore.
Bounds W -5,85° · S -16,08° · E -5,59° · N -15,85°
Countries St. Helena
DatumAstro DOS 71
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Astro DOS 71 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:7894) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy, topographic mapping.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-323.65,551.39,-491.22 +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:4710.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_DOS_71_4",DATUM["D_DOS_71_4",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — St. Helena

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