EPSG systems

EPSG:5381 SIRGAS-ROU98

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

System record
CodeEPSG:5381
NameSIRGAS-ROU98
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Uruguay
Uruguay - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W -58,49° · S -37,77° · E -50,01° · N -30,09°
Countries Uruguay
DatumSIRGAS-ROU98
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 SIRGAS-ROU98 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:5384) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +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:5381.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_SIRGAS-ROU98",DATUM["D_SIRGAS-ROU98",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Uruguay

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