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Name: NAD27 to WGS 84 (89)
Method: Coordinate Frame rotation (geog2D domain)
Remarks: Derived at stations in the provinces of Colón, Panamá, Coclé, Veraguas, Herrera, Los Santos y Chiriquí. Standard deviation 0.871m in north and 0.531m in east.
Information source: National Geographic Institute "Tommy Guardia".
Revision date: 2023-11-19
Unit: metre
Geodetic CRS: NAD27
Datum: North American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Revision date: 2009-11-24
Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.
Remarks: Replaced by NAD27(76) / UTM 16N (code 2028) in Ontario, by NAD83 / UTM 16N (code 26916) elsewhere in Canada and USA, and by Mexican Datum of 1993 / UTM 16N (code 4489) in Mexico. See NAD27 / BLM 16N (ftUS) (code 32066) for ftUS equivalent used in US GoM.
Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
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Center coordinates
1259726.85 936811.67
Projected bounds:
934778.65 792148.15
1588398.01 1085638.65
WGS84 bounds:
-83.04 7.15
-77.19 9.68
Definition: OGC Well Known Text
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: ESRI Well Known Text
PROJCS["NAD_1927_UTM_Zone_16N", GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927", DATUM["D_North_American_1927", SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0], UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]], PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"], PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0], PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0], PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-87.0], PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996], PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0], UNIT["Meter",1.0]]
Definition: JSON
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Definition: GeoServer
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Definition: Mapnik
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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
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