EPSG systems

EPSG:5365 CR05

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Costa Rica. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:5365
NameCR05
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Costa Rica
Costa Rica - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W -90,45° · S 2,15° · E -81,43° · N 11,77°
Countries Costa Rica
DatumCosta Rica 2005
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 CR05 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:9752) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=-0.16959,0.35312,0.51846,0.03385,-0.16325,0.03446,0.03693 +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:5365.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_CR05",DATUM["D_Costa_Rica_2005",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Costa Rica

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