EPSG systems

EPSG:4823 Sao Tome

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Sao Tome and Principe - onshore - Sao Tome. 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.

System record
CodeEPSG:4823
NameSao Tome
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Sao Tome and Principe - onshore - Sao Tome
Bounds W 6,41° · S -0,04° · E 6,82° · N 0,46°
Countries São Tomé & Príncipe
DatumSao Tome
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +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:4823.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Sao_Tome",DATUM["D_Sao_Tome",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — São Tomé & Príncipe

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