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Geodetic CRS: NAD27
Datum: North American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: Fugro Chance
Revision date: 2020-03-14
Scope: Oil and gas exploration and production.
Remarks: Developed by John E Chance and Associates at 21°55'N, 97°20'W. Geoid height used =-17m.
Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)
Area of use: Mexico - offshore Gulf of Mexico (GoM) - Tampico area.
Description: (-8.0, 125.0, 190.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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