EPSG:3309

NAD27 / California Albers

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326

Selected transformation

Grid Files: NTv1_0.gsb

Remarks: Approximation at the +/- 1m level assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84. Superseded by NAD27 to WGS 84 (27) (code 8404) in Quebec and NAD27 to WGS 84 (26) (code 8245) elsewhere in Canada.

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 1998-11-11

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: California Spatial Information Library (CaSIL), http://gis.ca.gov

Revision date: 2005-09-19

Scope: State-wide spatial data management.

Area of use: United States (USA) - California.

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

Center coordinates
1730726.95 2858143.06

Projected bounds:
-1556355.99 1404189.88
-946750.97 4108790.99

WGS84 bounds:
-141.01 38.21
-40.73 86.46

Canada - onshore and offshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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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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