EPSG:26731

NAD27 / Alaska zone 1

Selected transformation

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: NB2783v2.gsb

Remarks: Introduced in 2011. Precision of 20 cm in area covered by the input data set and 40 cm anywhere else, with the exception of the northwest area of the province (near the border with Quebec) where the precision deteriorates to 80 cm.

Information source: "Generation of a NAD27-NAD83(CSRS) NTv2-type Grid Shift File for New Brunswick", Marcelo C. Santos and Carlos A. Garcia, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, October, 2011 via Service New Brunswick.

Revision date: 2023-01-17

Attributes

Unit: US survey foot

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 1995-06-02

Center coordinates
18604002.18 5545502.11

Projected bounds:
17456895.75 4370481.44
19801522.85 6719441.63

WGS84 bounds:
-69.05 44.56
-63.7 48.07

Canada - New Brunswick.
MapTiler banner

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

BOUNDCRS[
    SOURCECRS[
        PROJCRS["NAD27 / Alaska zone 1",
            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["Alaska CS27 zone 1",
                METHOD["Hotine Oblique Mercator (variant A)",
                    ID["EPSG",9812]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of projection centre",57,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8811]],
                PARAMETER["Longitude of projection centre",-133.666666666667,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8812]],
                PARAMETER["Azimuth of initial line",323.130102361111,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8813]],
                PARAMETER["Angle from Rectified to Skew Grid",323.130102361111,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8814]],
                PARAMETER["Scale factor on initial line",0.9999,
                    SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8815]],
                PARAMETER["False easting",16404166.67,
                    LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219],
                    ID["EPSG",8806]],
                PARAMETER["False northing",-16404166.67,
                    LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219],
                    ID["EPSG",8807]]],
            CS[Cartesian,2],
                AXIS["easting (X)",east,
                    ORDER[1],
                    LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]],
                AXIS["northing (Y)",north,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Engineering survey, topographic mapping."],
                AREA["United States (USA) - Alaska - east of 141°W; i.e. Panhandle."],
                BBOX[54.61,-141,60.35,-129.99]],
            ID["EPSG",26731]]],
    TARGETCRS[
        GEOGCRS["NAD83(CSRS)v2",
            DATUM["North American Datum of 1983 (CSRS) version 2",
                ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
                AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
                    ORDER[1],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
                AREA["Canada - onshore and offshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon."],
                BBOX[38.21,-141.01,86.46,-40.73]],
            ID["EPSG",8237]]],
    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["NAD27 to NAD83(CSRS)v2 (4)",
        METHOD["NTv2",
            ID["EPSG",9615]],
        PARAMETERFILE["Latitude and longitude difference file","NB2783v2.gsb"],
        USAGE[
            SCOPE["GeoNB Coordinate Transformation Service."],
            AREA["Canada - New Brunswick."],
            BBOX[44.56,-69.05,48.07,-63.7]],
        ID["EPSG",9238],
        REMARK["Introduced in 2011. Precision of 20 cm in area covered by the input data set and 40 cm anywhere else, with the exception of the northwest area of the province (near the border with Quebec) where the precision deteriorates to 80 cm."]]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=omerc +no_uoff +lat_0=57 +lonc=-133.666666666667 +alpha=323.130102361111 +gamma=323.130102361111 +k=0.9999 +x_0=5000000.001016 +y_0=-5000000.001016 +datum=NAD27 +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

proj4.defs("EPSG:26731","+proj=omerc +no_uoff +lat_0=57 +lonc=-133.666666666667 +alpha=323.130102361111 +gamma=323.130102361111 +k=0.9999 +x_0=5000000.001016 +y_0=-5000000.001016 +datum=NAD27 +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "BoundCRS",
    "source_crs": {
        "type": "ProjectedCRS",
        "name": "NAD27 / Alaska zone 1",
        "base_crs": {
            "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
            }
        },
        "conversion": {
            "name": "Alaska CS27 zone 1",
            "method": {
                "name": "Hotine Oblique Mercator (variant A)",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 9812
                }
            },
            "parameters": [
                {
                    "name": "Latitude of projection centre",
                    "value": 57,
                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8811
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Longitude of projection centre",
                    "value": -133.666666666667,
                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8812
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Azimuth of initial line",
                    "value": 323.130102361111,
                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8813
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Angle from Rectified to Skew Grid",
                    "value": 323.130102361111,
                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8814
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Scale factor on initial line",
                    "value": 0.9999,
                    "unit": "unity",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8815
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "False easting",
                    "value": 16404166.67,
                    "unit": {
                        "type": "LinearUnit",
                        "name": "US survey foot",
                        "conversion_factor": 0.304800609601219
                    },
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8806
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "False northing",
                    "value": -16404166.67,
                    "unit": {
                        "type": "LinearUnit",
                        "name": "US survey foot",
                        "conversion_factor": 0.304800609601219
                    },
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8807
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        "coordinate_system": {
            "subtype": "Cartesian",
            "axis": [
                {
                    "name": "Easting",
                    "abbreviation": "X",
                    "direction": "east",
                    "unit": {
                        "type": "LinearUnit",
                        "name": "US survey foot",
                        "conversion_factor": 0.304800609601219
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Northing",
                    "abbreviation": "Y",
                    "direction": "north",
                    "unit": {
                        "type": "LinearUnit",
                        "name": "US survey foot",
                        "conversion_factor": 0.304800609601219
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 26731
        }
    },
    "target_crs": {
        "type": "GeographicCRS",
        "name": "NAD83(CSRS)v2",
        "datum": {
            "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
            "name": "North American Datum of 1983 (CSRS) version 2",
            "ellipsoid": {
                "name": "GRS 1980",
                "semi_major_axis": 6378137,
                "inverse_flattening": 298.257222101
            }
        },
        "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": 8237
        }
    },
    "transformation": {
        "name": "NAD27 to NAD83(CSRS)v2 (4)",
        "method": {
            "name": "NTv2",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 9615
            }
        },
        "parameters": [
            {
                "name": "Latitude and longitude difference file",
                "value": "NB2783v2.gsb",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8656
                }
            }
        ],
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 9238
        }
    }
}

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=omerc"
	"no_uoff"
	"lat_0=57"
	"lonc=-133.666666666667"
	"alpha=323.130102361111"
	"gamma=323.130102361111"
	"k=0.9999"
	"x_0=5000000.001016"
	"y_0=-5000000.001016"
	"datum=NAD27"
	"units=us-ft"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=omerc +no_uoff +lat_0=57 +lonc=-133.666666666667 +alpha=323.130102361111 +gamma=323.130102361111 +k=0.9999 +x_0=5000000.001016 +y_0=-5000000.001016 +datum=NAD27 +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=omerc +no_uoff +lat_0=57 +lonc=-133.666666666667 +alpha=323.130102361111 +gamma=323.130102361111 +k=0.9999 +x_0=5000000.001016 +y_0=-5000000.001016 +datum=NAD27 +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>