EPSG:3991

Puerto Rico State Plane CS of 1927

Selected transformation

Name: Puerto Rico to WGS 84 (2)

Grid Files: prvi.las prvi.los pvhpgn.las pvhpgn.los

Remarks: Transformation steps are from Puerto Rico to NAD83(HARN) (1) (code 4435) assuming that NAD83(HARN) is equivalent to WGS 84 within the accuracy of the transformation.

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2020-03-14

Attributes

Unit: US survey foot

Geodetic CRS: Puerto Rico

Datum: Puerto Rico

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: US National Geodetic Survey

Revision date: 2009-09-05

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Sometimes erroneously referred to as NAD27 / Puerto Rico State Plane CS.

Area of use: Puerto Rico - onshore.

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

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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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