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Geodetic CRS: NAD27
Datum: North American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: EnSoCo
Revision date: 2020-03-14
Scope: Oil and gas exploration and production.
Remarks: Developed by EnSoCo Inc. Replaced by NAD27 to WGS 84 (79) (tfm code 15851).
Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)
Description: (-7.0, 158.0, 172.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
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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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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
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