EPSG:26942

NAD83 / California zone 2

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to EPSG:8240
EPSG:8240 - NAD83(CSRS)v3

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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

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD83

Datum: North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 1995-06-02

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: State law defines system in US survey feet. See code 2226 for equivalent non-metric definition. For applications with an accuracy of better than 1m, replaced by NAD83(HARN) / SPCS.

Area of use: United States (USA) - California - counties of Alpine; Amador; Butte; Colusa; El Dorado; Glenn; Lake; Mendocino; Napa; Nevada; Placer; Sacramento; Sierra; Solano; Sonoma; Sutter; Yolo; Yuba.

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

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Center coordinates
1706649.8 1850967.61

Projected bounds:
1513069.33 1706997.39
1892840.01 2000302.2

WGS84 bounds:
-128.5 48.48
-123.49 50.93

Canada - British Columbia - north Vancouver Island.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JSON

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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Definition: Mapnik

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