metre
Engineering survey, topographic mapping.
None
South America (Chile - north of 45°S; Ecuador; Peru) between 78°W and 72°W, southern hemisphere, onshore.
Data Source: EPSG v11.016 2024-08-31
Datum: Provisional South American Datum 1956
Coordinate System: cartesian
Projection: UTM zone 18S
Geodetic CRS: PSAD56
PROJCRS["PSAD56 / UTM zone 18S",
BASEGEOGCRS["PSAD56",
DATUM["Provisional South American Datum 1956",
ELLIPSOID["International 1924",6378388,297,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
ID["EPSG",4248]],
CONVERSION["UTM zone 18S",
METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
ID["EPSG",9807]],
PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8801]],
PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-75,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8802]],
PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996,
SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
ID["EPSG",8805]],
PARAMETER["False easting",500000,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8806]],
PARAMETER["False northing",10000000,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8807]]],
CS[Cartesian,2],
AXIS["(E)",east,
ORDER[1],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
AXIS["(N)",north,
ORDER[2],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
USAGE[
SCOPE["Engineering survey, topographic mapping."],
AREA["South America (Chile - north of 45°S; Ecuador; Peru) between 78°W and 72°W, southern hemisphere, onshore."],
BBOX[-43.5,-78,0,-71.99]],
ID["EPSG",24878]]
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