EPSG:26921

NAD83 / UTM zone 21N

Selected transformation

Name: NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS)v6 (10)

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: NLCSRSV4A.GSB

Remarks: File NLCSRSV4A.GSB corrects error in file header record previously released as NLCSRSV4.GSB. No change to gridded data.

Information source: Canadian Geodetic Survey, Natural Resources Canada (NrCan).

Revision date: 2023-07-17

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.

Center coordinates
572236.47 5441267.63

Projected bounds:
309917.4 5156271.32
841828.99 5734870.12

WGS84 bounds:
-59.48 46.56
-52.54 51.68

Canada - Newfoundland - onshore.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
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Definition: PROJ.4

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

Definition: Mapnik

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