EPSG:3309

NAD27 / California Albers

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326

Selected transformation

Name: NAD27 to WGS 84 (29)

Grid Files: alaska.las alaska.los

Remarks:

Information source: Both transformations from US National Geodetic Survey.

Revision date: 1999-10-20

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: California Spatial Information Library (CaSIL), http://gis.ca.gov

Revision date: 2005-09-19

Scope: State-wide spatial data management.

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

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

Center coordinates
inf inf

Projected bounds:
-1610995.28 1129990.96
-493903.33 3733158.54

WGS84 bounds:
167.65 47.88
-129.99 74.71

United States (USA) - Alaska including EEZ.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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