NAD83 Canadian Spatial Reference System
EPSG
"Realization and Unification of NAD83 in Canada and the U.S. via the ITRF" by Cramer et al, IAG Proceedings, Section II, Munich, October 5-9, 1998; revised 11 March 1999.
2021-09-08
Approximation for medium and low accuracy applications ignoring static/dynamic CRS differences.
Approximation derived from tfm code 6864 ignoring time-dependent parameters and assuming ITRF96(1997.0) and WGS 84 can be considered the same within the accuracy of the transformation.
Coordinate Frame rotation (geog2D domain)
(-0.991, 1.9072, 0.5129, -1.25033e-07, -4.6785e-08, -5.6529e-08, 0.0)
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: PROJ.4
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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)
proj4.defs("EPSG:1946","+proj=pipeline +step +proj=axisswap +order=2,1 +step +proj=unitconvert +xy_in=deg +xy_out=rad +step +proj=push +v_3 +step +proj=cart +ellps=GRS80 +step +proj=helmert +x=-0.991 +y=1.9072 +z=0.5129 +rx=-0.0257899075194932 +ry=-0.0096500989602704 +rz=-0.0116599432323421 +s=0 +convention=coordinate_frame +step +inv +proj=cart +ellps=WGS84 +step +proj=pop +v_3 +step +proj=unitconvert +xy_in=rad +xy_out=deg +step +proj=axisswap +order=2,1");
Definition: JSON
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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile
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Definition: Mapnik
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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 1946, 'EPSG', 1946, '+proj=pipeline +step +proj=axisswap +order=2,1 +step +proj=unitconvert +xy_in=deg +xy_out=rad +step +proj=push +v_3 +step +proj=cart +ellps=GRS80 +step +proj=helmert +x=-0.991 +y=1.9072 +z=0.5129 +rx=-0.0257899075194932 +ry=-0.0096500989602704 +rz=-0.0116599432323421 +s=0 +convention=coordinate_frame +step +inv +proj=cart +ellps=WGS84 +step +proj=pop +v_3 +step +proj=unitconvert +xy_in=rad +xy_out=deg +step +proj=axisswap +order=2,1', 'None');