EPSG systems

EPSG:6274 MAGNA-SIRGAS / Villavicencio urban grid

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

System record
CodeEPSG:6274
NameMAGNA-SIRGAS / Villavicencio urban grid
TypeProjected system — Colombia Urban
Area of use Colombia - Villavicencio city
Bounds W -73,69° · S 4,07° · E -73,56° · N 4,21°
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 origin4.1553751000000005degree
Longitude of natural origin-73.62448598611111degree
False easting1050678.757metre
False northing950952.124metre
Projection plane origin height427.19metre

proj4 definition

+proj=col_urban +lat_0=4.1553751 +lon_0=-73.6244859861111 +x_0=1050678.757 +y_0=950952.124 +h_0=427.19 +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:6274.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["MAGNA_Villavicencio_Meta_2011",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",1050678.757],PARAMETER["False_Northing",950952.124],PARAMETER["Longitude_Of_Center",-73.6244859861111],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Center",4.1553751],PARAMETER["Height",427.19],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.