EPSG systems

EPSG:6270 MAGNA-SIRGAS / Santa Marta urban grid

Projected system (Colombia Urban) in use: Colombia - Santa Marta city. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:6270
NameMAGNA-SIRGAS / Santa Marta urban grid
TypeProjected system — Colombia Urban
Area of use Colombia - Santa Marta city
Bounds W -74,24° · S 11,16° · E -74,13° · N 11,30°
Countries Colombia
DatumMarco Geocentrico Nacional de Referencia
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4686 — MAGNA-SIRGAS
Unit metre (N north, E east)
Transformation to WGS 84 MAGNA-SIRGAS to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15738) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin11.219643055555556degree
Longitude of natural origin-74.22500527777778degree
False easting983892.409metre
False northing1732533.518metre
Projection plane origin height29metre

proj4 definition

+proj=col_urban +lat_0=11.2196430555556 +lon_0=-74.2250052777778 +x_0=983892.409 +y_0=1732533.518 +h_0=29 +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:6270.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["MAGNA_Santa_Marta_Magdalena_2007",GEOGCS["GCS_MAGNA",DATUM["D_MAGNA",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["IGAC_Plano_Cartesiano"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",983892.409],PARAMETER["False_Northing",1732533.518],PARAMETER["Longitude_Of_Center",-74.2250052777778],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Center",11.2196430555556],PARAMETER["Height",29.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Colombia

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