EPSG:4267

NAD27

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Name: NAD27 to WGS 84 (33)

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: NTv2_0.gsb

Remarks: Parameter file is from NAD27 to NAD83 (4) (code 1313) assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84 within the accuracy of the transformation.

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2021-09-10

Attributes

Unit: degree (supplier to define representation)

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 2022-12-12

Scope: Geodesy.

Remarks: Note: this CRS includes longitudes which are POSITIVE EAST. Replaced by NAD27(76) (code 4608) in Ontario, CGQ77 (code 4609) in Quebec, Mexican Datum of 1993 (code 4483) in Mexico, NAD83 (code 4269) in Canada (excl. Ontario & Quebec) & USA.

Area of use: North and central America: Antigua and Barbuda - onshore. Bahamas - onshore plus offshore over internal continental shelf only. Belize - onshore. British Virgin Islands - onshore. Canada onshore - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon - plus offshore east coast west of 44°W and north of 40°N. Cuba - onshore and offshore. El Salvador - onshore. Guatemala - onshore. Honduras - onshore. Panama - onshore. Puerto Rico - onshore. Mexico - onshore plus offshore east coast. Nicaragua - onshore. United States (USA) - Alaska and onshore and offshore. US Virgin Islands - onshore.

Coordinate system: Ellipsoidal 2D CS. Axes: latitude, longitude. Orientations: north, east. UoM: degree

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Center coordinates
-92.5 61.58

WGS84 bounds:
-141.01 40.0
-44.0 83.17

Canada - onshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon; offshore east coast west of 44°W and north of 40°N.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

GEOGCS["NAD27",
    DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",
        SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],
        EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif"]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

GEOGCRS["NAD27",
    DATUM["North American Datum 1927",
        ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
    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["Geodesy."],
        AREA["North and central America: Antigua and Barbuda - onshore. Bahamas - onshore plus offshore over internal continental shelf only. Belize - onshore. British Virgin Islands - onshore. Canada onshore - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon - plus offshore east coast west of 44°W and north of 40°N. Cuba - onshore and offshore. El Salvador - onshore. Guatemala - onshore. Honduras - onshore. Panama - onshore. Puerto Rico - onshore. Mexico - onshore plus offshore east coast. Nicaragua - onshore. United States (USA) - Alaska and 

onshore and offshore. US Virgin Islands - onshore."],
        BBOX[7.15,167.65,83.17,-43.99]],
    ID["EPSG",4267],
    REMARK["Note: this CRS includes longitudes which are POSITIVE EAST. Replaced by NAD27(76) (code 4608) in Ontario, CGQ77 (code 4609) in Quebec, Mexican Datum of 1993 (code 4483) in Mexico, NAD83 (code 4269) in Canada (excl. Ontario & Quebec) & USA."]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927",
    DATUM["D_North_American_1927",
        SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],
        EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif"]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
    UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:4267","+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeographicCRS",
    "name": "NAD27",
    "datum": {
        "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
        "name": "North American Datum 1927",
        "ellipsoid": {
            "name": "Clarke 1866",
            "semi_major_axis": 6378206.4,
            "inverse_flattening": 294.978698213898
        }
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "ellipsoidal",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                "abbreviation": "Lat",
                "direction": "north",
                "unit": "degree"
            },
            {
                "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                "abbreviation": "Lon",
                "direction": "east",
                "unit": "degree"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Geodesy.",
    "area": "North and central America: Antigua and Barbuda - onshore. Bahamas - onshore plus offshore over internal continental shelf only. Belize - onshore. British Virgin Islands - onshore. Canada onshore - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon - plus offshore east coast west of 44°W and north of 40°N. Cuba - onshore and offshore. El Salvador - onshore. Guatemala - onshore. Honduras - onshore. Panama - onshore. Puerto Rico - onshore. Mexico - onshore plus offshore east coast. Nicaragua - onshore. United States (USA) - Alaska and \n\nonshore and offshore. US Virgin Islands - onshore.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 7.15,
        "west_longitude": 167.65,
        "north_latitude": 83.17,
        "east_longitude": -43.99
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 4267
    },
    "remarks": "Note: this CRS includes longitudes which are POSITIVE EAST. Replaced by NAD27(76) (code 4608) in Ontario, CGQ77 (code 4609) in Quebec, Mexican Datum of 1993 (code 4483) in Mexico, NAD83 (code 4269) in Canada (excl. Ontario & Quebec) & USA."
}

Definition: GeoServer

4267=GEOGCS["NAD27",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=longlat"
	"ellps=clrk66"
	"nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 4267, 'EPSG', 4267, '+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif +no_defs +type=crs', 'GEOGCS["NAD27",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","ca_nrc_ntv2_0.tif"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]]');