EPSG systems

EPSG:5634 REGCAN95 / LCC Europe

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)) in use: Spain - Canary Islands. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:5634
NameREGCAN95 / LCC Europe
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)
Area of use Spain - Canary Islands
Spain - Canary Islands onshore and offshore.
Bounds W -21,93° · S 24,60° · E -11,75° · N 32,76°
Countries Spain
DatumRed Geodesica de Canarias 1995
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4081 — REGCAN95
Unit metre (N north, E east)
Transformation to WGS 84 REGCAN95 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:4084) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeConformal mapping at scales of 1:500,000 and smaller.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of false origin52degree
Longitude of false origin10degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel35degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel65degree
Easting at false origin4000000metre
Northing at false origin2800000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_0=52 +lon_0=10 +lat_1=35 +lat_2=65 +x_0=4000000 +y_0=2800000 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +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:5634.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["REGCAN95_LCC_Europe",GEOGCS["GCS_REGCAN95",DATUM["D_Red_Geodesica_de_Canarias_1995",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",4000000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",2800000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",10.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",35.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",65.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",52.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Spain

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