EPSG:2964

NAD27 / Alaska Albers

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326

Selected transformation

Name: NAD27 to WGS 84 (33)

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: NTv2_0.gsb

Remarks: Parameter file is from NAD27 to NAD83 (4) (code 1313) assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84 within the accuracy of the transformation.

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2021-09-10

Attributes

Unit: US survey foot

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Various industry sources.

Revision date: 2002-09-19

Scope: Topographic mapping (small scale).

Area of use: United States (USA) - Alaska.

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

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJCS["NAD27 / Alaska Albers",
    GEOGCS["NAD27",
        DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",
            SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],
            EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif"]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],
    PROJECTION["Albers_Conic_Equal_Area"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",50],
    PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",-154],
    PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",55],
    PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",65],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",0],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
    UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219],
    AXIS["Easting",EAST],
    AXIS["Northing",NORTH],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","2964"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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    SOURCECRS[
        PROJCRS["NAD27 / Alaska Albers",
            BASEGEOGCRS["NAD27",
                DATUM["North American Datum 1927",
                    ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
                        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
                PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                ID["EPSG",4267]],
            CONVERSION["Alaska Albers",
                METHOD["Albers Equal Area",
                    ID["EPSG",9822]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of false origin",50,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8821]],
                PARAMETER["Longitude of false origin",-154,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8822]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of 1st standard parallel",55,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8823]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of 2nd standard parallel",65,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8824]],
                PARAMETER["Easting at false origin",0,
                    LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219],
                    ID["EPSG",8826]],
                PARAMETER["Northing at false origin",0,
                    LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219],
                    ID["EPSG",8827]]],
            CS[Cartesian,2],
                AXIS["easting (X)",east,
                    ORDER[1],
                    LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]],
                AXIS["northing (Y)",north,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Topographic mapping (small scale)."],
                AREA["United States (USA) - Alaska."],
                BBOX[51.3,172.42,71.4,-129.99]],
            ID["EPSG",2964]]],
    TARGETCRS[
        GEOGCRS["WGS 84",
            ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2296)"],
                ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
                AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
                    ORDER[1],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
                AREA["World."],
                BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
            ID["EPSG",4326]]],
    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["NAD27 to WGS 84 (33)",
        METHOD["NTv2",
            ID["EPSG",9615]],
        PARAMETERFILE["Latitude and longitude difference file","NTv2_0.gsb"],
        USAGE[
            SCOPE["(null/copy) Approximation for medium and low accuracy applications assuming equality between plate-fixed static and earth-fixed dynamic CRSs, ignoring static/dynamic CRS differences."],
            AREA["Canada - onshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon; offshore east coast west of 44°W and north of 40°N."],
            BBOX[40,-141.01,83.17,-44]],
        ID["EPSG",1693],
        REMARK["Parameter file is from NAD27 to NAD83 (4) (code 1313) assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84 within the accuracy of the transformation."]]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJCS["NAD_1927_Alaska_Albers_Feet",
    GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927",
        DATUM["D_North_American_1927",
            SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],
            EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif"]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
        UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Albers"],
    PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],
    PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],
    PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-154.0],
    PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",55.0],
    PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",65.0],
    PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",50.0],
    UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=aea +lat_0=50 +lon_0=-154 +lat_1=55 +lat_2=65 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

proj4.defs("EPSG:2964","+proj=aea +lat_0=50 +lon_0=-154 +lat_1=55 +lat_2=65 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

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    "type": "BoundCRS",
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        "type": "ProjectedCRS",
        "name": "NAD27 / Alaska Albers",
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            "name": "NAD27",
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                    "name": "Clarke 1866",
                    "semi_major_axis": 6378206.4,
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                        "unit": "degree"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                        "abbreviation": "Lon",
                        "direction": "east",
                        "unit": "degree"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 4267
            },
            "remarks": "Note: this CRS includes longitudes which are POSITIVE EAST. Replaced by NAD27(76) (code 4608) in Ontario, CGQ77 (code 4609) in Quebec, Mexican Datum of 1993 (code 4483) in Mexico, NAD83 (code 4269) in Canada (excl. Ontario & Quebec) & USA."
        },
        "conversion": {
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                "name": "Albers Equal Area",
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                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 9822
                }
            },
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                    "name": "Latitude of false origin",
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                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
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                },
                {
                    "name": "Longitude of false origin",
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                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
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                        "code": 8822
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Latitude of 1st standard parallel",
                    "value": 55,
                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
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                        "code": 8823
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Latitude of 2nd standard parallel",
                    "value": 65,
                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8824
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Easting at false origin",
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                        "name": "US survey foot",
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                    "id": {
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                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Northing at false origin",
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                }
            ]
        },
        "coordinate_system": {
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                    "name": "Easting",
                    "abbreviation": "X",
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                    "unit": {
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                        "name": "US survey foot",
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                },
                {
                    "name": "Northing",
                    "abbreviation": "Y",
                    "direction": "north",
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                }
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                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)",
                    "id": {
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                    }
                },
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                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)",
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                    }
                },
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                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1154
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1155
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1156
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)",
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                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G2296)",
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                },
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                    "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lon",
                    "direction": "east",
                    "unit": "degree"
                }
            ]
        },
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 4326
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    },
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                }
            }
        ],
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 1693
        }
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=aea"
	"lat_0=50"
	"lon_0=-154"
	"lat_1=55"
	"lat_2=65"
	"x_0=0"
	"y_0=0"
	"ellps=clrk66"
	"nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif"
	"units=us-ft"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=aea +lat_0=50 +lon_0=-154 +lat_1=55 +lat_2=65 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs">
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	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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