EPSG systems

EPSG:6275 MAGNA-SIRGAS / Yopal urban grid

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

System record
CodeEPSG:6275
NameMAGNA-SIRGAS / Yopal urban grid
TypeProjected system — Colombia Urban
Area of use Colombia - Yopal city
Bounds W -72,43° · S 5,30° · E -72,35° · N 5,37°
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 origin5.353927222222222degree
Longitude of natural origin-72.42004027777779degree
False easting851184.177metre
False northing1083954.137metre
Projection plane origin height300metre

proj4 definition

+proj=col_urban +lat_0=5.35392722222222 +lon_0=-72.4200402777778 +x_0=851184.177 +y_0=1083954.137 +h_0=300 +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:6275.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["MAGNA_Yopal_Casanare_2006",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",851184.177],PARAMETER["False_Northing",1083954.137],PARAMETER["Longitude_Of_Center",-72.4200402777778],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Center",5.35392722222222],PARAMETER["Height",300.0],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.