Name: NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS98) (3)
Method: NTv2
Grid Files: AB_CSRS.DAC
Remarks: This gridded difference file AB_CSRS.DAC 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
Unit: US survey foot
Geodetic CRS: NAD27
Datum: North American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: OGP
Revision date: 2025-07-10
Scope: No official usage.
Remarks: This system is NOT used for oil industry purposes. Use NAD27 / Louisiana South (CRS code 26782) in state waters and on LA OCS shelf and NAD27 / BLM (CRS codes 32065-66) in OCS deep water protraction areas.
Area of use: United States (USA) - central Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf (GoM OCS) planning area, deep water portion.
Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: ftUS.
Center coordinates
-3708899.55 11477815.86
Projected bounds:
-5401998.77 9065469.18
-2160404.3 14040851.31
WGS84 bounds:
-120.0 48.99
-109.98 60.0
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: JSON
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Definition: Mapnik
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