EPSG:4726 SIGD61
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Cayman Islands - Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4726 |
|---|---|
| Name | SIGD61 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | Cayman Islands - Little Cayman and Cayman Brac |
| Bounds | W -80,14° · S 19,63° · E -79,69° · N 19,78° |
| Countries | Cayman Islands |
| Datum | Sister Islands Geodetic Datum 1961 |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | SIGD61 to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:6143) — accuracy 1 m |
| Scope | Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +towgs84=8.853,-52.644,180.304,-0.393,-2.323,2.96,-24.081 +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:4726.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Little_Cayman_1961",DATUM["D_Little_Cayman_1961",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.