EPSG:4717 Cape Canaveral
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: North America - Bahamas and USA - Florida - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4717 |
|---|---|
| Name | Cape Canaveral |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
North America - Bahamas and USA - Florida - onshore North America - onshore - Bahamas and USA - Florida (east). |
| Bounds | W -82,33° · S 20,86° · E -72,68° · N 30,83° |
| Countries | World |
| Datum | Cape Canaveral |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Cape Canaveral to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15804) — accuracy 6 m |
| Scope | US space and military operations. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +towgs84=-2,151,181 +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:4717.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Cape_Canaveral",DATUM["D_Cape_Canaveral",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]
Other systems — World
- EPSG:3576WGS 84 / North Pole LAEA Russia
- EPSG:3857WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator
- EPSG:3976WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic South
- EPSG:3995WGS 84 / Arctic Polar Stereographic
- EPSG:3996WGS 84 / IBCAO Polar Stereographic
- EPSG:4087WGS 84 / World Equidistant Cylindrical
- EPSG:4231ED87
- EPSG:4276NSWC 9Z-2
- EPSG:4322WGS 72
- EPSG:4324WGS 72BE
- EPSG:4326WGS 84
- EPSG:4668ED79
- EPSG:4740PZ-90
- EPSG:4760WGS 66
- EPSG:5041WGS 84 / UPS North (E,N)
- EPSG:5042WGS 84 / UPS South (E,N)
- EPSG:5463SAD69 / UTM zone 17N
- EPSG:5643ED50 / SPBA LCC
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.