EPSG:3309

NAD27 / California Albers

Available transformations
to EPSG:4152

Selected transformation

Name: NAD27 to NAD83(HARN) (40)

Grid Files: conus.las conus.los mnhpgn.las mnhpgn.los

Remarks: May be taken as approximate transformation NAD27 to WGS 84 - see code 8608.

Information source: US Coast & Geodetic Survey ftp://ftp.ngs.noaa.gov/pub/pcsoft/nadcon

Revision date: 2001-08-15

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:
inf inf
inf inf

WGS84 bounds:
-97.22 43.49
-89.49 49.38

United States (USA) - Minnesota.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

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Definition: JSON

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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Definition: Mapnik

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