EPSG:4760 WGS 66
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: World. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.
| Code | EPSG:4760 |
|---|---|
| Name | WGS 66 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | World |
| Bounds | W -180,00° · S -90,00° · E 180,00° · N 90,00° |
| Countries | World |
| Datum | World Geodetic System 1966 |
| Ellipsoid | NWL 9D a = 6378145 m · 1/f = 298.25 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Horizontal component of 3D system. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=NWL9D +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:4760.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1966",DATUM["D_WGS_1966",SPHEROID["NWL_9D",6378145.0,298.25]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — World
- 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:4717Cape Canaveral
- EPSG:4740PZ-90
- EPSG:5041WGS 84 / UPS North (E,N)
- EPSG:5042WGS 84 / UPS South (E,N)
- EPSG:5463SAD69 / UTM zone 17N
- EPSG:5643ED50 / SPBA LCC
- EPSG:5921WGS 84 / EPSG Arctic Regional zone A1
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.