alaska.las alaska.los
Uses NADCON method which expects longitudes positive west; EPSG GeogCRS NAD27 (code 4267) and NAD83 (code 4269) have longitudes positive east. May be used as transformation to WGS 84 - see NAD27 to WGS 84 (85) (code 15864).
US Coast & Geodetic Survey www.ngs.noaa.gov
2006-12-26
Engineering survey, topographic mapping.
Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
-874759.82 7078037.41
-3585581.54 5303002.36
874667.32 9061293.51
167.65 47.88
-129.99 74.71
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: JSON
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Definition: Mapnik
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