EPSG:5524 Corrego Alegre 1961
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Brazil - Corrego Alegre 1961. 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.
| Code | EPSG:5524 |
|---|---|
| Name | Corrego Alegre 1961 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Brazil - Corrego Alegre 1961 Brazil - onshore - between 18°S and 27°30'S, also east of 54°W between 15°S and 18°S. |
| Bounds | W -58,16° · S -27,50° · E -38,82° · N -14,99° |
| Countries | Brazil |
| Datum | Corrego Alegre 1961 |
| Ellipsoid | International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:5524.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Corrego_Alegre_1961",DATUM["D_Corrego_Alegre_1961",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Brazil
- EPSG:5337Aratu / UTM zone 25S
- EPSG:5396SIRGAS 2000 / UTM zone 26S
- EPSG:5527SAD69(96)
- EPSG:5530SAD69(96) / Brazil Polyconic
- EPSG:5531SAD69(96) / UTM zone 21S
- EPSG:5533SAD69(96) / UTM zone 23S
- EPSG:5534SAD69(96) / UTM zone 24S
- EPSG:5535SAD69(96) / UTM zone 25S
- EPSG:5536Corrego Alegre 1961 / UTM zone 21S
- EPSG:5537Corrego Alegre 1961 / UTM zone 22S
- EPSG:5538Corrego Alegre 1961 / UTM zone 23S
- EPSG:5539Corrego Alegre 1961 / UTM zone 24S
- EPSG:5641SIRGAS 2000 / Brazil Mercator
- EPSG:5858SAD69(96) / UTM zone 22S
- EPSG:5875SAD69(96) / UTM zone 18S
- EPSG:5876SAD69(96) / UTM zone 19S
- EPSG:5877SAD69(96) / UTM zone 20S
- EPSG:5880SIRGAS 2000 / Brazil Polyconic
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.