EPSG systems

EPSG:4824 Principe

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Sao Tome and Principe - onshore - Principe. 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:4824
NamePrincipe
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Sao Tome and Principe - onshore - Principe
Bounds W 7,27° · S 1,48° · E 7,52° · N 1,76°
Countries São Tomé & Príncipe
DatumPrincipe
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:4824.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Principe",DATUM["D_Principe",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.