EPSG systems

EPSG:4758 JAD2001

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Jamaica. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4758
NameJAD2001
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Jamaica
Jamaica - onshore and offshore. Includes Morant Cays and Pedro Cays.
Bounds W -80,60° · S 14,08° · E -74,51° · N 19,36°
Countries Jamaica
DatumJamaica 2001
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 JAD2001 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15925) — accuracy 0 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:4758.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_JAD_2001",DATUM["D_Jamaica_2001",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Jamaica

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