{"id":7347,"date":"2025-02-03T13:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/kb\/uncategorized\/epsg-code\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T13:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:25:20","slug":"epsg-code","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/usemaps-documentation\/definitions\/epsg-code\/","title":{"rendered":"EPSG Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are thousands of coordinate systems. Each one is suitable for a specific application: <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Some are less accurate but cover the entire Earth,<\/li>\n<li>Others are very accurate, but only within a specific area.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For many years, there was a problem with the naming of coordinate systems, until the European Petroleum Survey Group introduced a classification and assigned a unique code to each system. 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