EPSG:4723 GCGD59
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Cayman Islands - Grand Cayman. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4723 |
|---|---|
| Name | GCGD59 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | Cayman Islands - Grand Cayman |
| Bounds | W -81,46° · S 19,21° · E -81,04° · N 19,41° |
| Countries | Cayman Islands |
| Datum | Grand Cayman Geodetic Datum 1959 |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | GCGD59 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:6142) — accuracy 1 m |
| Scope | Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +towgs84=-179.483,-69.379,-27.584,-7.862,8.163,6.042,-13.925 +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:4723.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Grand_Cayman_1959",DATUM["D_Grand_Cayman_1959",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Cayman Islands
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.