EPSG systems

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.

System record
CodeEPSG:4717
NameCape Canaveral
TypeGeographic 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
DatumCape 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
ScopeUS 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]]

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