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POSGAR

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Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)

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Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2000-10-19

Attributes

Unit: degree minute second hemisphere

Geodetic CRS: POSGAR

Datum: Posiciones Geodesicas Argentinas

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: http://www.igm.gov.ar/posgar.html

Revision date: 2000-10-19

Scope: Geodesy.

Remarks: A geodetic network of 127 high accuracy surved points that define the National Geodetic System (Sistema Geodésico Nacional), adopted by IGM in May 1997

Area of use: Argentina - onshore and offshore.

Coordinate system: Ellipsoidal 2D CS. Axes: latitude, longitude. Orientations: north, east. UoM: DMSH.

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Center coordinates
-63.11 -40.09

WGS84 bounds:
-73.59 -58.41
-52.63 -21.78

Argentina - onshore and offshore.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

GEOGCS["POSGAR",
    DATUM["Posiciones_Geodesicas_Argentinas",
        SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101],
        TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4172"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

GEOGCRS["POSGAR",
    DATUM["Posiciones Geodesicas Argentinas",
        ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    CS[ellipsoidal,2],
        AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
            ORDER[1],
            ANGLEUNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433]],
        AXIS["geodetic longitude (Long)",east,
            ORDER[2],
            ANGLEUNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Geodesy."],
        AREA["Argentina - onshore and offshore."],
        BBOX[-58.41,-73.59,-21.78,-52.63]],
    ID["EPSG",4172]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

GEOGCS["GCS_POSGAR",
    DATUM["D_POSGAR",
        SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
    UNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:4172","+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeographicCRS",
    "name": "POSGAR",
    "datum": {
        "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
        "name": "Posiciones Geodesicas Argentinas",
        "ellipsoid": {
            "name": "GRS 1980",
            "semi_major_axis": 6378137,
            "inverse_flattening": 298.257222101
        }
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "ellipsoidal",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                "abbreviation": "Lat",
                "direction": "north",
                "unit": {
                    "type": "AngularUnit",
                    "name": "degree minute second hemisphere",
                    "conversion_factor": 0.0174532925199433
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                "abbreviation": "Long",
                "direction": "east",
                "unit": {
                    "type": "AngularUnit",
                    "name": "degree minute second hemisphere",
                    "conversion_factor": 0.0174532925199433
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Geodesy.",
    "area": "Argentina - onshore and offshore.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": -58.41,
        "west_longitude": -73.59,
        "north_latitude": -21.78,
        "east_longitude": -52.63
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 4172
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

4172=GEOGCS["POSGAR",DATUM["Posiciones_Geodesicas_Argentinas",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4172"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=longlat"
	"ellps=GRS80"
	"towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 4172, 'EPSG', 4172, '+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs', 'GEOGCS["POSGAR",DATUM["Posiciones_Geodesicas_Argentinas",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4172"]]');