EPSG:26708

NAD27 / UTM zone 8N

Available transformations
to EPSG:8237
EPSG:8237 - NAD83(CSRS)v2

Selected transformation

Name: NAD27 to NAD83(CSRS)v2 (1)

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: QUE27-98.gsb

Remarks: Also found with file name NA27SCRS.GSB. Uses NT method which expects longitudes positive west; EPSG GeogCRSs NAD27 (code 4267) and NAD83(CSRS) (code 4617) have longitudes positive east. Can be taken as an approximate CT NAD27 to WGS 84 - see code 1692.

Information source: Geodetic Service of Quebec. Contact alain.bernard@mrn.gouv.qc.ca

Revision date: 2023-07-17

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 1995-06-02

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Area of use: North America - between 138°W and 132°W - onshore. Canada - British Columbia; Northwest Territiories; Yukon. United States (USA) - Alaska. Onshore for Canadian British Columbia & Arctic and for US Pacific coast including Alaska panhandle.

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

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Center coordinates
4374874.5 8186242.65

Projected bounds:
3038113.8 6683386.97
5931082.84 9306618.81

WGS84 bounds:
-79.85 44.99
-57.1 62.62

Canada - Quebec.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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            CONVERSION["UTM zone 8N",
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                PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-135,
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                PARAMETER["False easting",500000,
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                PARAMETER["False northing",0,
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                    ID["EPSG",8807]]],
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                    ORDER[2],
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Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=utm +zone=8 +datum=NAD27 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

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Definition: JSON

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
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	"datum=NAD27"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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