EPSG:3978

NAD83 / Canada Atlas Lambert

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326

Selected transformation

Grid Files: SK83-98.gsb

Remarks:

Information source: Dir Geodetic Surveys; SaskGeomatics Div.; Saskatchewan Property Management Company.

Revision date: 2000-10-19

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD83

Datum: North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Statistics Canada.

Revision date: 2009-04-26

Scope: Transformation of coordinates at 5m level of accuracy.

Remarks: Data may sometimes be referenced to NAD83(CSRS) / Canada Atlas Lambert (see CRS code 3979) which is then called "NAD83 / Canada Lambert". At the scales involved the difference of under 2 metres between the two CRSs may not be significant.

Area of use: Canada - onshore and offshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon.

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

Center coordinates
-675787.09 663523.81

Projected bounds:
-1087431.7 23101.15
-343193.49 1300831.1

WGS84 bounds:
-110.0 49.0
-101.34 60.01

Canada - Saskatchewan.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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                    BASEGEOGCRS["NAD83",
                        DATUM["North American Datum 1983",
                            ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
                                LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
                        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                        ID["EPSG",4269]],
                    CONVERSION["Canada Atlas Lambert",
                        METHOD["Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)",
                            ID["EPSG",9802]],
                        PARAMETER["Latitude of false origin",49,
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                            ID["EPSG",8821]],
                        PARAMETER["Longitude of false origin",-95,
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                            ID["EPSG",8822]],
                        PARAMETER["Latitude of 1st standard parallel",49,
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                            ID["EPSG",8823]],
                        PARAMETER["Latitude of 2nd standard parallel",77,
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                            ID["EPSG",8824]],
                        PARAMETER["Easting at false origin",0,
                            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                            ID["EPSG",8826]],
                        PARAMETER["Northing at false origin",0,
                            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                            ID["EPSG",8827]]],
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                        AXIS["(E)",east,
                            ORDER[1],
                            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                        AXIS["(N)",north,
                            ORDER[2],
                            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                    ID["EPSG",3978]]],
            TARGETCRS[
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                        ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
                            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
                    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                        ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                    CS[ellipsoidal,2],
                        AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
                            ORDER[1],
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433]],
                        AXIS["geodetic longitude (Long)",east,
                            ORDER[2],
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433]],
                    ID["EPSG",4140]]],
            ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS98) (2)",
                METHOD["NTv2",
                    ID["EPSG",9615]],
                PARAMETERFILE["Latitude and longitude difference file","SK83-98.gsb"],
                ID["EPSG",1601]]]],
    TARGETCRS[
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                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
                ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
                AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
                    ORDER[1],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
                AREA["World."],
                BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
            ID["EPSG",4326]]],
    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["NAD83(CSRS98) to WGS 84 (1)",
        METHOD["Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)",
            ID["EPSG",9603]],
        PARAMETER["X-axis translation",0,
            ID["EPSG",8605]],
        PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",0,
            ID["EPSG",8606]],
        PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",0,
            ID["EPSG",8607]],
        USAGE[
            SCOPE["(null/copy) Approximation for medium and low accuracy applications assuming equality between plate-fixed static and earth-fixed dynamic CRSs, ignoring static/dynamic CRS differences."],
            AREA["Canada - Alberta; New Brunswick; Saskatchewan; Prince Edward Island; and Quebec."],
            BBOX[44.61,-120,62.56,-57.1]],
        ID["EPSG",1473],
        REMARK["For many purposes NAD83(CSRS98) can be considered to be coincident with WGS 84."]]]

Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

proj4.defs("EPSG:3978","+proj=lcc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-95 +lat_1=49 +lat_2=77 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=lcc"
	"lat_0=49"
	"lon_0=-95"
	"lat_1=49"
	"lat_2=77"
	"x_0=0"
	"y_0=0"
	"ellps=GRS80"
	"towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=lcc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-95 +lat_1=49 +lat_2=77 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=lcc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-95 +lat_1=49 +lat_2=77 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 3978, 'EPSG', 3978, '+proj=lcc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-95 +lat_1=49 +lat_2=77 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'None');