EPSG systems

EPSG:7886 SHGD2015

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: St Helena - St Helena Island. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:7886
NameSHGD2015
TypeGeographic system
Area of use St Helena - St Helena Island
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - St Helena Island - onshore.
Bounds W -5,85° · S -16,08° · E -5,59° · N -15,85°
Countries St. Helena
DatumSt. Helena Geodetic Datum 2015
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 SHGD2015 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:7892) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +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:7886.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_SHGD2015",DATUM["St_Helena_Geodetic_Datum_2015",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — St. Helena

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