EPSG:26720

NAD27 / UTM zone 20N

Available transformations
to EPSG:4122
EPSG:4122 - ATS77

Selected transformation

Name: NAD27 to ATS77 (3)

Method: Maritime Provinces polynomial interpolation

Remarks: For reverse transformation see ATS77 to NAD27 (3) (code 1949).

Information source: Survey of New Brunswick.

Revision date: 2019-09-17

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.

Remarks: In Quebec replaced by NAD27(CGQ77) / UTM zone 20N (code 2034).

Area of use: North America - between 66°W and 60°W - onshore and offshore. Canada - New Brunswick; Labrador; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Prince Edward Island; Quebec. United States (USA) offshore Atlantic.

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

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Center coordinates
484984.9 5148840.91

Projected bounds:
384366.41 5082712.19
585275.92 5216019.0

WGS84 bounds:
-64.49 45.9
-61.9 47.09

Canada - Prince Edward Island.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJCS["NAD27 / UTM zone 20N",
    GEOGCS["NAD27",
        DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",
            SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
                AUTHORITY["EPSG","7008"]],
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","6267"]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",-63],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AXIS["Easting",EAST],
    AXIS["Northing",NORTH],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","26720"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

PROJCRS["NAD27 / UTM zone 20N",
    BASEGEOGCRS["NAD27",
        DATUM["North American Datum 1927",
            ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
                LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
        ID["EPSG",4267]],
    CONVERSION["UTM zone 20N",
        METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
            ID["EPSG",9807]],
        PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8801]],
        PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-63,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8802]],
        PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996,
            SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
            ID["EPSG",8805]],
        PARAMETER["False easting",500000,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
            ID["EPSG",8806]],
        PARAMETER["False northing",0,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
            ID["EPSG",8807]]],
    CS[Cartesian,2],
        AXIS["(E)",east,
            ORDER[1],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
        AXIS["(N)",north,
            ORDER[2],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Engineering survey, topographic mapping."],
        AREA["North America - between 66°W and 60°W - onshore and offshore. Canada - New Brunswick; Labrador; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Prince Edward Island; Quebec. United States (USA) offshore Atlantic."],
        BBOX[38.21,-66,82.97,-59.99]],
    ID["EPSG",26720]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJCS["NAD_1927_UTM_Zone_20N",
    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",-63.0],
    PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],
    PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],
    UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=utm +zone=20 +datum=NAD27 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:26720","+proj=utm +zone=20 +datum=NAD27 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "ProjectedCRS",
    "name": "NAD27 / UTM zone 20N",
    "base_crs": {
        "type": "GeographicCRS",
        "name": "NAD27",
        "datum": {
            "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
            "name": "North American Datum 1927",
            "ellipsoid": {
                "name": "Clarke 1866",
                "semi_major_axis": 6378206.4,
                "semi_minor_axis": 6356583.8
            }
        },
        "coordinate_system": {
            "subtype": "ellipsoidal",
            "axis": [
                {
                    "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lat",
                    "direction": "north",
                    "unit": "degree"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lon",
                    "direction": "east",
                    "unit": "degree"
                }
            ]
        },
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 4267
        },
        "remarks": "Note: this CRS includes longitudes which are POSITIVE EAST. Replaced by NAD27(76) (code 4608) in Ontario, CGQ77 (code 4609) in Quebec, Mexican Datum of 1993 (code 4483) in Mexico, NAD83 (code 4269) in Canada (excl. Ontario & Quebec) & USA."
    },
    "conversion": {
        "name": "UTM zone 20N",
        "method": {
            "name": "Transverse Mercator",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 9807
            }
        },
        "parameters": [
            {
                "name": "Latitude of natural origin",
                "value": 0,
                "unit": "degree",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8801
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Longitude of natural origin",
                "value": -63,
                "unit": "degree",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8802
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Scale factor at natural origin",
                "value": 0.9996,
                "unit": "unity",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8805
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "False easting",
                "value": 500000,
                "unit": "metre",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8806
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "False northing",
                "value": 0,
                "unit": "metre",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8807
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "Cartesian",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Easting",
                "abbreviation": "E",
                "direction": "east",
                "unit": "metre"
            },
            {
                "name": "Northing",
                "abbreviation": "N",
                "direction": "north",
                "unit": "metre"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Engineering survey, topographic mapping.",
    "area": "North America - between 66°W and 60°W - onshore and offshore. Canada - New Brunswick; Labrador; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Prince Edward Island; Quebec. United States (USA) offshore Atlantic.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 38.21,
        "west_longitude": -66,
        "north_latitude": 82.97,
        "east_longitude": -59.99
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 26720
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

26720=PROJCS["NAD27 / UTM zone 20N",GEOGCS["NAD27",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7008"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6267"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-63],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","26720"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=utm"
	"zone=20"
	"datum=NAD27"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=utm +zone=20 +datum=NAD27 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=utm +zone=20 +datum=NAD27 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 26720, 'EPSG', 26720, '+proj=utm +zone=20 +datum=NAD27 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'PROJCS["NAD27 / UTM zone 20N",GEOGCS["NAD27",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7008"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6267"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-63],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","26720"]]');