EPSG:3778 DEPRECATED

NAD83 / Alberta 3TM ref merid 120 W

Available transformations
to EPSG:4152

Selected transformation

Method: NADCON

Grid Files: vahpgn.las vahpgn.los

Remarks: Accuracy 67% confidence level. Uses NADCON method which expects longitudes positive west; EPSG GeogCRSs NAD83 (code 4269) and NAD83(HARN) (code 4152) have longitudes positive east. May be taken as approximate transformation NAD83-WGS 84 - see code 1736.

Information source: US Coast & Geodetic Survey www.ngs.noaa.gov NADCON readme file

Revision date: 2023-01-17

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD83

Datum: North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Alberta SRD Lands Branch, Geodetic Fact Sheets 2, 6 and 10. http://www.srd.gov.ab.ca/lands

Revision date: 2008-01-11

Scope: Cadastre, survey control and engineering survey in urban areas, typically in all municipalities that previously comprised the 73 Municipal Integrated Surveying and Mapping (MISAM) areas, also known as urban cadastral map areas. For rural areas use UTM.

Remarks: If used for rural area control markers, area of use is amended to west of 118°W; however use of NAD83 / UTM zone 11N (CRS code 26911) encouraged in these rural areas.

Area of use: Canada - Alberta - west of 118°30' W.

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

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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                PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9999,
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                PARAMETER["False easting",0,
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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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	"lat_0=0"
	"lon_0=-120"
	"k=0.9999"
	"x_0=0"
	"y_0=0"
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	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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