EPSG:8907 CR-SIRGAS
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Costa Rica. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.
| Code | EPSG:8907 |
|---|---|
| Name | CR-SIRGAS |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Costa Rica Costa Rica - onshore and offshore. |
| Bounds | W -90,45° · S 2,15° · E -81,43° · N 11,77° |
| Countries | Costa Rica |
| Datum | CR-SIRGAS |
| Ellipsoid | GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Horizontal component of 3D system. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:8907.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_CR-SIRGAS",DATUM["D_CR-SIRGAS",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Costa Rica
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.