EPSG:26908

NAD83 / UTM zone 8N

Selected transformation

Name: NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS) (2)

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: SK83-98.gsb

Remarks: Can be taken as an approximate transformation NAD83 to WGS 84 - see code 1697.

Information source: Dir Geodetic Surveys; SaskGeomatics Div.; Saskatchewan Property Management Company.

Revision date: 2002-07-13

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD83

Datum: North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 2011-07-20

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Replaces NAD27 / UTM zone 8N. For accuracies better than 1m replaced by NAD83(CSRS) / UTM zone 8N in Canada and NAD83(NSRS2007) / UTM zone 8N in US.

Area of use: North America - between 138°W and 132°W - onshore and offshore. Canada - British Columbia; Northwest Territiories; Yukon. United States (USA) - Alaska.

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

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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                PARAMETER["False northing",0,
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Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=utm +zone=8 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

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Definition: JSON

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
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	"zone=8"
	"datum=NAD83"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
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Definition: Mapnik

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