EPSG:3991

Puerto Rico State Plane CS of 1927

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326
EPSG:4326 - WGS 84

Selected transformation

Grid Files: prvi.las prvi.los

Remarks: Approximation at the +/- 1m level assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84.

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 1999-05-24

Steps of transformation: 1461 1188

Attributes

Unit: US survey foot

Geodetic CRS: Puerto Rico

Datum: Puerto Rico

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: US National Geodetic Survey

Revision date: 2009-09-05

Steps of transformation: 1461 1188

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Sometimes erroneously referred to as NAD27 / Puerto Rico State Plane CS.

Area of use: Puerto Rico - onshore.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: ftUS.

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Center coordinates
612217.06 133699.95

Projected bounds:
-35081.67 -74768.41
1255225.61 348729.12

WGS84 bounds:
-67.97 17.62
-64.25 18.78

Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands - onshore.
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Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

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Definition: JSON

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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Definition: Mapnik

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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 3991, 'EPSG', 3991, '+proj=lcc +lat_0=17.8333333333333 +lon_0=-66.4333333333333 +lat_1=18.4333333333333 +lat_2=18.0333333333333 +x_0=152400.30480061 +y_0=0 +ellps=clrk66 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs', 'None');

Definition: OGC WKT 2 (2019)

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