Method: NTv2
Grid Files: SK27-98.gsb
Remarks: Can be taken as an approximate transformation NAD27 to WGS 84 - see code 1703.
Information source: Dir Geodetic Surveys; SaskGeomatics Div.; Saskatchewan Property Management Company.
Revision date: 2020-01-16
Unit: metre
Geodetic CRS: NAD27
Datum: North American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: Geodetic Surveys Section; Newfoundland Department of Government Services and Lands.
Revision date: 1997-11-13
Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.
Area of use: Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador between 57°30'W and 54°30'W.
Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
Center coordinates
-2734505.14 7237419.44
Projected bounds:
-3472749.74 6497049.91
-2072213.61 7910051.46
WGS84 bounds:
-110.0 49.0
-101.34 60.01
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: JSON
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