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Name: NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS)v3 (8)
Method: NTv2
Grid Files: NVI93_05.GSB
Remarks: Derived through NAD83(CSRS)v3.
Information source: GeoBC, Government of British Columbia, via ISO Geodetic Register.
Revision date: 2019-10-14
Unit: metre
Geodetic CRS: NAD83
Datum: North American Datum 1983
Ellipsoid: GRS 1980
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Revision date: 2009-09-05
Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.
Remarks: In Canada, replaces NAD27 / UTM zone 20N (CRS code 26720); for accuracies better than 1m replaced by NAD83(CSRS) / UTM zone 20N(CRS code 2961). In BVI, replaces Puerto Rico / UTM zone 20N (CRS code 3920).
Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
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Center coordinates
-3694886.0 7651565.54
Projected bounds:
-3958697.18 7372653.46
-3436452.91 7924537.11
WGS84 bounds:
-128.5 48.48
-123.49 50.93
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: JSON
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Definition: Mapnik
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