EPSG:5360 SIRGAS-Chile 2002

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Chile. 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.

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System record
Code	EPSG:5360
Name	SIRGAS-Chile 2002
Type	Geographic system
Area of use	Chile Chile - onshore and offshore. Includes Easter Island, Juan Fernandez Islands, San Felix, and Sala y Gomez.
Bounds	W -113,21° · S -59,87° · E -65,72° · N -17,50°
Countries	Chile
Datum	SIRGAS-Chile realization 1 epoch 2002
Ellipsoid	GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
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=GRS80 +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:5360.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_SIRGAS-Chile_2002",DATUM["SIRGAS-Chile_realization_1_epoch_2002",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Chile

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

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WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

Other systems — Chile