EPSG systems

EPSG:5349 POSGAR 2007 / Argentina 7

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Argentina - east of 55.5°W onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:5349
NamePOSGAR 2007 / Argentina 7
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Argentina - east of 55.5°W onshore
Argentina - east of 55°30'W, onshore.
Bounds W -55,50° · S -28,11° · E -53,65° · N -25,49°
Countries Argentina
DatumPosiciones Geodesicas Argentinas 2007
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Base geographic system EPSG:5340 — POSGAR 2007
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 POSGAR 2007 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:9264) — accuracy 0.5 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin-90degree
Longitude of natural origin-54degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting7500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=-90 +lon_0=-54 +k=1 +x_0=7500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +towgs84=-0.41,0.46,-0.35 +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:5349.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["POSGAR_2007_Argentina_Zone_7",GEOGCS["GCS_POSGAR_2007",DATUM["D_POSGAR_2007",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",7500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-54.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",-90.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Argentina

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