EPSG:1072

Panama-Colon 1911

Attributes

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Clifford Mugnier's PE&RS July 1999 Grids and Datums article on The Republic of Panama, (www.asprs.org/resources/grids/).

Revision date: 2011-03-26

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Reports of the existence of an Ancon datum are probably erroneous, considering that the origin of the Panamá-Colón Datum of 1911 is at Balboa Hill and the access road up the hill is from the town of Ancon, Canal Zone.

Area of use: Panama - onshore.

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WGS84 bounds:
-77.19 7.15
-83.04 9.68

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

DATUM["Panama-Colon_1911",
    SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","7008"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","1072"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

DATUM["Panama-Colon 1911",
    ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    ID["EPSG",1072]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

DATUM["D_Panama-Colon-1911",
    SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]]

Definition: JSON

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    },
    "scope": "Engineering survey, topographic mapping.",
    "area": "Panama - onshore.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 7.15,
        "west_longitude": -83.04,
        "north_latitude": 9.68,
        "east_longitude": -77.19
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 1072
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

1072-datum=DATUM["Panama-Colon_1911",SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7008"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","1072"]]