EPSG systems

EPSG:5013 PTRA08

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Portugal - Azores and Madeira. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:5013
NamePTRA08
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Portugal - Azores and Madeira
Portugal - Azores and Madeira island groups and surrounding EEZ - Flores, Corvo; Graciosa, Terceira, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial; Sao Miguel, Santa Maria; Madeira, Porto Santo, Desertas; Selvagens.
Bounds W -35,58° · S 29,24° · E -12,48° · N 43,07°
Countries Portugal
DatumAutonomous Regions of Portugal 2008
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 PTRA08 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:4905) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +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:5013.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_PTRA08",DATUM["D_PTRA08",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Portugal

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