EPSG:26921

NAD83 / UTM zone 21N

Selected transformation

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: BC_93_98.GSB

Remarks: Derived through NAD83(CSRS)v2. Replaced by NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS) (7) (CT code 9117) for CRD, NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS) (8) (CT code 9118) for north Vancouver Island and NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS) (9) (CT code 9119) for mainland.

Information source: GeoBC, Government of British Columbia, via ISO Geodetic Register.

Revision date: 2019-07-15

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD83

Datum: North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 2007-05-29

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Replaces NAD27 / UTM zone 21N. For accuracies better than 1m replaced by NAD83(CSRS) / UTM zone 21N.

Area of use: Canada between 60°W and 54°W - Newfoundland and Labrador; Nunavut; Quebec.

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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            CONVERSION["UTM zone 21N",
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                PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-57,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
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                PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996,
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                    ID["EPSG",8805]],
                PARAMETER["False easting",500000,
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                    ID["EPSG",8806]],
                PARAMETER["False northing",0,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8807]]],
            CS[Cartesian,2],
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                    ORDER[1],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["(N)",north,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
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                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
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Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=utm +zone=21 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

proj4.defs("EPSG:26921","+proj=utm +zone=21 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

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}

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
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	"zone=21"
	"datum=NAD83"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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