metre
Engineering survey, topographic mapping.
None
Between 66°W and 60°W, southern hemisphere between 80°S and equator, onshore and offshore.
Data Source: EPSG v11.016 2024-08-31
Datum: World Geodetic System 1972
Coordinate System: cartesian
Projection: UTM zone 20S
Geodetic CRS: WGS 72
PROJCRS["WGS 72 / UTM zone 20S",
BASEGEOGCRS["WGS 72",
DYNAMIC[
FRAMEEPOCH[1972]],
DATUM["World Geodetic System 1972",
ELLIPSOID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
ID["EPSG",4322]],
CONVERSION["UTM zone 20S",
METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
ID["EPSG",9807]],
PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8801]],
PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-63,
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["Between 66°W and 60°W, southern hemisphere between 80°S and equator, onshore and offshore."],
BBOX[-80,-66,0,-60]],
ID["EPSG",32320]]
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},
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"name": "Easting",
"abbreviation": "E",
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"unit": "metre"
},
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}
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"north_latitude": 0,
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