EPSG:26786

NAD27 / Massachusetts Mainland

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Method: NTv1

Grid Files: NTv1_0.gsb

Remarks: Uses NTv1 method. Replaced in Quebec by code 1462 and elsewhere in 1997 by NTv2 (transformation code 1313). Input expects longitudes to be positive west; EPSG GeogCRS NAD27 (code 4267) and NAD83 (code 4269) have longitudes positive east.

Information source: Geomatics Canada - Geodetic Survey Division.

Revision date: 2021-01-13

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

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Area of use: United States (USA) - Massachusetts onshore - counties of Barnstable; Berkshire; Bristol; Essex; Franklin; Hampden; Hampshire; Middlesex; Norfolk; Plymouth; Suffolk; Worcester.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: ftUS.

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Center coordinates
-3272086.24 8145039.04

Projected bounds:
-16800967.87 -362717.3
8176923.45 19419788.01

WGS84 bounds:
-141.01 40.0
-44.0 83.17

Canada - onshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon; offshore east coast west of 44°W and north of 40°N.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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                PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
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                ID["EPSG",4267]],
            CONVERSION["Massachusetts CS27 Mainland zone",
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                PARAMETER["Latitude of false origin",41,
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                PARAMETER["Latitude of 2nd standard parallel",42.6833333333333,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
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                PARAMETER["Easting at false origin",600000,
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                PARAMETER["Northing at false origin",0,
                    LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219],
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                AXIS["northing (Y)",north,
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            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
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                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
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            AREA["Canada - onshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon; offshore east coast west of 44°W and north of 40°N."],
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Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

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Definition: JSON

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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	"y_0=0"
	"datum=NAD27"
	"units=us-ft"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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