EPSG:3175

NAD83 / Great Lakes and St Lawrence Albers

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326
EPSG:4326 - WGS 84

Selected transformation

Name: NAD83 to WGS 84 (8)

Remarks: The gridded difference file AB_CSRS.DAC in STEP 1 will need to be renamed to AB_CSRS.gsb to run in some software suites. Formats identical, but AB file is provincial fit only.

Information source: Geodetic Control Section; Land and Forest Svc; Alberta Environment; http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/land/dos/ or email to geoff.banham@gov.ab.ca

Revision date: 2000-10-19

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD83

Datum: North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Great Lakes Fisheries Commission

Revision date: 2007-01-19

Scope: Basin-wide mapping and analysis.

Area of use: Canada and United States (USA) - Great Lakes basin and St Lawrence Seaway.

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

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Center coordinates
-1028621.39 2396052.14

Projected bounds:
-1596889.67 1703121.48
-526341.45 3068260.68

WGS84 bounds:
-120.0 48.99
-109.98 60.0

Canada - Alberta.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJCS["NAD83 / Great Lakes and St Lawrence Albers",
    GEOGCS["NAD83",
        DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",
            SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
                AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],
    PROJECTION["Albers_Conic_Equal_Area"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",45.568977],
    PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",-83.248627],
    PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",42.122774],
    PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",49.01518],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",1000000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",1000000],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AXIS["Easting",EAST],
    AXIS["Northing",NORTH],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","3175"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

PROJCRS["NAD83 / Great Lakes and St Lawrence Albers",
    BASEGEOGCRS["NAD83",
        DATUM["North American Datum 1983",
            ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
                LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
        ID["EPSG",4269]],
    CONVERSION["Great Lakes and St Lawrence Albers",
        METHOD["Albers Equal Area",
            ID["EPSG",9822]],
        PARAMETER["Latitude of false origin",45.568977,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8821]],
        PARAMETER["Longitude of false origin",-83.248627,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8822]],
        PARAMETER["Latitude of 1st standard parallel",42.122774,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8823]],
        PARAMETER["Latitude of 2nd standard parallel",49.01518,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8824]],
        PARAMETER["Easting at false origin",1000000,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
            ID["EPSG",8826]],
        PARAMETER["Northing at false origin",1000000,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
            ID["EPSG",8827]]],
    CS[Cartesian,2],
        AXIS["easting (X)",east,
            ORDER[1],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
        AXIS["northing (Y)",north,
            ORDER[2],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Basin-wide mapping and analysis."],
        AREA["Canada and United States (USA) - Great Lakes basin and St Lawrence Seaway."],
        BBOX[40.99,-93.17,52.22,-54.75]],
    ID["EPSG",3175]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJCS["NAD_1983_Great_Lakes_and_St_Lawrence_Albers",
    GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",
        DATUM["D_North_American_1983",
            SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
        UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Albers"],
    PARAMETER["False_Easting",1000000.0],
    PARAMETER["False_Northing",1000000.0],
    PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-83.248627],
    PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",42.122774],
    PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",49.01518],
    PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",45.568977],
    UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=aea +lat_0=45.568977 +lon_0=-83.248627 +lat_1=42.122774 +lat_2=49.01518 +x_0=1000000 +y_0=1000000 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:3175","+proj=aea +lat_0=45.568977 +lon_0=-83.248627 +lat_1=42.122774 +lat_2=49.01518 +x_0=1000000 +y_0=1000000 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

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        "name": "NAD83",
        "datum": {
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            "name": "North American Datum 1983",
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            }
        },
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                    "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lat",
                    "direction": "north",
                    "unit": "degree"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lon",
                    "direction": "east",
                    "unit": "degree"
                }
            ]
        },
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            "code": 4269
        },
        "remarks": "Longitude is POSITIVE EAST. The adjustment included connections to Greenland and Mexico but the system was not adopted there. For applications with an accuracy of better than 1m replaced by NAD83(HARN) in the US and PRVI and by NAD83(CSRS) in Canada."
    },
    "conversion": {
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            "id": {
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            }
        },
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            },
            {
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                "unit": "degree",
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                    "code": 8822
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Latitude of 1st standard parallel",
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                "unit": "degree",
                "id": {
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                    "code": 8823
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Latitude of 2nd standard parallel",
                "value": 49.01518,
                "unit": "degree",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8824
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Easting at false origin",
                "value": 1000000,
                "unit": "metre",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8826
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Northing at false origin",
                "value": 1000000,
                "unit": "metre",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8827
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "Cartesian",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Easting",
                "abbreviation": "X",
                "direction": "east",
                "unit": "metre"
            },
            {
                "name": "Northing",
                "abbreviation": "Y",
                "direction": "north",
                "unit": "metre"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Basin-wide mapping and analysis.",
    "area": "Canada and United States (USA) - Great Lakes basin and St Lawrence Seaway.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 40.99,
        "west_longitude": -93.17,
        "north_latitude": 52.22,
        "east_longitude": -54.75
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 3175
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=aea"
	"lat_0=45.568977"
	"lon_0=-83.248627"
	"lat_1=42.122774"
	"lat_2=49.01518"
	"x_0=1000000"
	"y_0=1000000"
	"datum=NAD83"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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