EPSG:5538 Corrego Alegre 1961 / UTM zone 23S
Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Brazil - 48°W to 42°W and south of 15°S. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.
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:5538 |
|---|---|
| Name | Corrego Alegre 1961 / UTM zone 23S |
| Type | Projected system — Transverse Mercator |
| Area of use |
Brazil - 48°W to 42°W and south of 15°S Brazil - onshore between 48°W and 42°W and south of 15°S. |
| Bounds | W -48,00° · S -25,29° · E -42,00° · N -15,00° |
| Countries | Brazil |
| Datum | Corrego Alegre 1961 |
| Ellipsoid | International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297 |
| Base geographic system | EPSG:5524 — Corrego Alegre 1961 |
| Unit | metre (E east, N north) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Engineering survey, topographic mapping. |
Projection parameters
| Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Latitude of natural origin | 0 | degree |
| Longitude of natural origin | -45 | degree |
| Scale factor at natural origin | 0.9996 | unity |
| False easting | 500000 | metre |
| False northing | 10000000 | metre |
proj4 definition
+proj=utm +zone=23 +south +ellps=intl +units=m +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:5538.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
PROJCS["Corrego_Alegre_1961_UTM_Zone_23S",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]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-45.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]Other systems — Brazil
- EPSG:5337Aratu / UTM zone 25S
- EPSG:5396SIRGAS 2000 / UTM zone 26S
- EPSG:5524Corrego Alegre 1961
- 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: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.