EPSG systems

EPSG:5460 Ocotepeque 1935 / El Salvador Lambert

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)) in use: El Salvador - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:5460
NameOcotepeque 1935 / El Salvador Lambert
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)
Area of use El Salvador - onshore
Bounds W -90,11° · S 13,10° · E -87,69° · N 14,44°
Countries El Salvador
DatumOcotepeque 1935
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Base geographic system EPSG:5451 — Ocotepeque 1935
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Ocotepeque 1935 to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:6891) — accuracy 14 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin13.783333333333333degree
Longitude of natural origin-89degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.99996704unity
False easting500000metre
False northing295809.184metre

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_1=13.7833333333333 +lat_0=13.7833333333333 +lon_0=-89 +k_0=0.99996704 +x_0=500000 +y_0=295809.184 +ellps=clrk66 +units=m +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:5460.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Ocotepeque_1935_El_Salvador_Lambert",GEOGCS["GCS_Ocotepeque_1935",DATUM["D_Ocotepeque_1935",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",295809.184],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-89.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",13.7833333333333],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99996704],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",13.7833333333333],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — El Salvador

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