Name: NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS)v4 (9)
Method: NTv2
Grid Files: BC_93_05.GSB
Remarks: Derived through NAD83(CSRS)v4.
Information source: GeoBC, Government of British Columbia, via ISO Geodetic Register.
Revision date: 2026-02-10
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.
Center coordinates
-1685254.87 2725784.28
Projected bounds:
-2708178.22 1815142.62
-762743.7 3634747.0
WGS84 bounds:
-138.07 48.99
-114.33 60.01
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: JSON
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Definition: Mapnik
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