EPSG:6140

NAD83 Canadian Spatial Reference System

Attributes

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: IOGP

Revision date: 2020-07-24

Scope: GIS.

Remarks: Includes all versions of NAD83(CSRS) from v2 [CSRS98] onwards without specific identification. As such it has an accuracy of approximately 1m.

Area of use: 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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WGS84 bounds:
-40.73 38.21
-141.01 86.46

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

DATUM["NAD83_Canadian_Spatial_Reference_System",
    SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","6140"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

DATUM["NAD83 Canadian Spatial Reference System",
    ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    ID["EPSG",6140]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

DATUM["D_North_American_1983_CSRS",
    SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]]

Definition: JSON

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    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
    "name": "NAD83 Canadian Spatial Reference System",
    "ellipsoid": {
        "name": "GRS 1980",
        "semi_major_axis": 6378137,
        "inverse_flattening": 298.257222101
    },
    "scope": "GIS.",
    "area": "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.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 38.21,
        "west_longitude": -141.01,
        "north_latitude": 86.46,
        "east_longitude": -40.73
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 6140
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

6140-datum=DATUM["NAD83_Canadian_Spatial_Reference_System",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6140"]]