EPSG systems

EPSG:5451 Ocotepeque 1935

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

System record
CodeEPSG:5451
NameOcotepeque 1935
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Central America - Guatemala to Costa Rica
Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua.
Bounds W -92,29° · S 7,98° · E -82,53° · N 17,83°
Also covers Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
DatumOcotepeque 1935
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Ocotepeque 1935 to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:6891) — accuracy 14 m
ScopeGeodesy, topographic mapping.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +towgs84=205,96,-98 +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:5451.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Ocotepeque_1935",DATUM["D_Ocotepeque_1935",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],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.