EPSG:4269

NAD83

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Method: Coordinate Frame rotation (geog2D domain)

Remarks: Strictly between NAD83 and ITRF94(1996.0). Superseded by NAD83 to WGS 84 (5) (code 1515).

Information source: US National Geodetic Survey http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/Derivation.html

Revision date: 1999-04-22

Attributes

Unit: degree (supplier to define representation)

Geodetic CRS: NAD83

Datum: North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: OGP

Revision date: 2019-09-17

Scope: Geodetic survey.

Remarks: Longitude is POSITIVE EAST. The adjustment included connections to Greenland and Mexico but the system was not adopted there. For applications with an accuracy of better than 1m replaced by NAD83(HARN) in the US and PRVI and by NAD83(CSRS) in Canada.

Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)

Area of use: North America - onshore and offshore: Canada - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon. Puerto Rico. United States (USA) - Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming. US Virgin Islands. British Virgin Islands.

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

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Center coordinates
-95.84998691 36.89498612

WGS84 bounds:
-124.79 24.41
-66.91 49.38

United States (USA) - CONUS onshore - Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming.
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Definition: Well Known Text (WKT)

GEOGCS["NAD83",
    DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",
        SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],
        TOWGS84[-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]]

GEOGCS["NAD83",
    DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",
        SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],
        TOWGS84[-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]]

Definition: ESRI WKT

GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0 +no_defs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:4269","+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0 +no_defs");

Definition: OGC GML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <gml:GeodeticCRS xmlns:epsg="urn:x-ogp:spec:schema-xsd:EPSG:1.0:dataset" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" gml:id="iogp-crs-4269">
  <gml:metaDataProperty>
    <epsg:CommonMetaData>
      <epsg:type>geographic 2D</epsg:type>
      <epsg:alias alias="NAD83(1986)" code="2381" codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:naming-system:EPSG::7301">
        <epsg:remarks>Used in US.</epsg:remarks>
      </epsg:alias>
      <epsg:alias alias="270" code="8793" codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:naming-system:EPSG::1046" />
      <epsg:alias alias="NAD 83 (1986) - LatLon" code="8794" codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:naming-system:EPSG::1047" />
      <epsg:alias alias="NAD83(Original)" code="8795" codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:naming-system:EPSG::7301">
        <epsg:remarks>Used in Canada.</epsg:remarks>
      </epsg:alias>
      <epsg:revisionDate>2019-09-17</epsg:revisionDate>
      <epsg:changes>
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2003.370" />
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2006.464" />
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2006.903" />
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2018.056" />
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2019.035" />
      </epsg:changes>
      <epsg:show>true</epsg:show>
      <epsg:isDeprecated>false</epsg:isDeprecated>
    </epsg:CommonMetaData>
  </gml:metaDataProperty>
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  <gml:name>NAD83</gml:name>
  <gml:remarks>Longitude is POSITIVE EAST. The adjustment included connections to Greenland and Mexico but the system was not adopted there. For applications with an accuracy of better than 1m replaced by NAD83(HARN) in the US and PRVI and by NAD83(CSRS) in Canada.</gml:remarks>
  <gml:domainOfValidity xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:area:EPSG::1350" />
  <gml:scope>Geodetic survey.</gml:scope>
  <gml:ellipsoidalCS xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::6422" />
  <gml:geodeticDatum xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:datum:EPSG::6269" />
</gml:GeodeticCRS>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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  <gml:metaDataProperty>
    <epsg:CommonMetaData>
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        <epsg:remarks>Used in US.</epsg:remarks>
      </epsg:alias>
      <epsg:alias alias="270" code="8793" codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:naming-system:EPSG::1046" />
      <epsg:alias alias="NAD 83 (1986) - LatLon" code="8794" codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:naming-system:EPSG::1047" />
      <epsg:alias alias="NAD83(Original)" code="8795" codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:naming-system:EPSG::7301">
        <epsg:remarks>Used in Canada.</epsg:remarks>
      </epsg:alias>
      <epsg:revisionDate>2019-09-17</epsg:revisionDate>
      <epsg:changes>
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2003.370" />
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2006.464" />
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2006.903" />
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2018.056" />
        <epsg:changeID xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:change-request:EPSG::2019.035" />
      </epsg:changes>
      <epsg:show>true</epsg:show>
      <epsg:isDeprecated>false</epsg:isDeprecated>
    </epsg:CommonMetaData>
  </gml:metaDataProperty>
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  <gml:name>NAD83</gml:name>
  <gml:remarks>Longitude is POSITIVE EAST. The adjustment included connections to Greenland and Mexico but the system was not adopted there. For applications with an accuracy of better than 1m replaced by NAD83(HARN) in the US and PRVI and by NAD83(CSRS) in Canada.</gml:remarks>
  <gml:domainOfValidity xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:area:EPSG::1350" />
  <gml:scope>Geodetic survey.</gml:scope>
  <gml:ellipsoidalCS xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::6422" />
  <gml:geodeticDatum xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:datum:EPSG::6269" />
</gml:GeodeticCRS>

Definition: XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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  <gml:srsName>NAD83</gml:srsName>
  <gml:srsID>
    <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::">4269</gml:name>
  </gml:srsID>
  <gml:usesEllipsoidalCS>
    <gml:EllipsoidalCS gml:id="ogrcrs2007069">
      <gml:csName>ellipsoidal</gml:csName>
      <gml:csID>
        <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::">6402</gml:name>
      </gml:csID>
      <gml:usesAxis>
        <gml:CoordinateSystemAxis gml:id="ogrcrs2007070" gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9102">
          <gml:name>Geodetic latitude</gml:name>
          <gml:axisID>
            <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:axis:EPSG::">9901</gml:name>
          </gml:axisID>
          <gml:axisAbbrev>Lat</gml:axisAbbrev>
          <gml:axisDirection>north</gml:axisDirection>
        </gml:CoordinateSystemAxis>
      </gml:usesAxis>
      <gml:usesAxis>
        <gml:CoordinateSystemAxis gml:id="ogrcrs2007071" gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9102">
          <gml:name>Geodetic longitude</gml:name>
          <gml:axisID>
            <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:axis:EPSG::">9902</gml:name>
          </gml:axisID>
          <gml:axisAbbrev>Lon</gml:axisAbbrev>
          <gml:axisDirection>east</gml:axisDirection>
        </gml:CoordinateSystemAxis>
      </gml:usesAxis>
    </gml:EllipsoidalCS>
  </gml:usesEllipsoidalCS>
  <gml:usesGeodeticDatum>
    <gml:GeodeticDatum gml:id="ogrcrs2007072">
      <gml:datumName>North_American_Datum_1983</gml:datumName>
      <gml:datumID>
        <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:datum:EPSG::">6269</gml:name>
      </gml:datumID>
      <gml:usesPrimeMeridian>
        <gml:PrimeMeridian gml:id="ogrcrs2007073">
          <gml:meridianName>Greenwich</gml:meridianName>
          <gml:meridianID>
            <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:meridian:EPSG::">8901</gml:name>
          </gml:meridianID>
          <gml:greenwichLongitude>
            <gml:angle gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9102">0</gml:angle>
          </gml:greenwichLongitude>
        </gml:PrimeMeridian>
      </gml:usesPrimeMeridian>
      <gml:usesEllipsoid>
        <gml:Ellipsoid gml:id="ogrcrs2007074">
          <gml:ellipsoidName>GRS 1980</gml:ellipsoidName>
          <gml:ellipsoidID>
            <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:ellipsoid:EPSG::">7019</gml:name>
          </gml:ellipsoidID>
          <gml:semiMajorAxis gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001">6378137</gml:semiMajorAxis>
          <gml:secondDefiningParameter>
            <gml:inverseFlattening gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9201">298.257222101</gml:inverseFlattening>
          </gml:secondDefiningParameter>
        </gml:Ellipsoid>
      </gml:usesEllipsoid>
    </gml:GeodeticDatum>
  </gml:usesGeodeticDatum>
</gml:GeographicCRS>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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  <gml:srsName>NAD83</gml:srsName>
  <gml:srsID>
    <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::">4269</gml:name>
  </gml:srsID>
  <gml:usesEllipsoidalCS>
    <gml:EllipsoidalCS gml:id="ogrcrs2007069">
      <gml:csName>ellipsoidal</gml:csName>
      <gml:csID>
        <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::">6402</gml:name>
      </gml:csID>
      <gml:usesAxis>
        <gml:CoordinateSystemAxis gml:id="ogrcrs2007070" gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9102">
          <gml:name>Geodetic latitude</gml:name>
          <gml:axisID>
            <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:axis:EPSG::">9901</gml:name>
          </gml:axisID>
          <gml:axisAbbrev>Lat</gml:axisAbbrev>
          <gml:axisDirection>north</gml:axisDirection>
        </gml:CoordinateSystemAxis>
      </gml:usesAxis>
      <gml:usesAxis>
        <gml:CoordinateSystemAxis gml:id="ogrcrs2007071" gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9102">
          <gml:name>Geodetic longitude</gml:name>
          <gml:axisID>
            <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:axis:EPSG::">9902</gml:name>
          </gml:axisID>
          <gml:axisAbbrev>Lon</gml:axisAbbrev>
          <gml:axisDirection>east</gml:axisDirection>
        </gml:CoordinateSystemAxis>
      </gml:usesAxis>
    </gml:EllipsoidalCS>
  </gml:usesEllipsoidalCS>
  <gml:usesGeodeticDatum>
    <gml:GeodeticDatum gml:id="ogrcrs2007072">
      <gml:datumName>North_American_Datum_1983</gml:datumName>
      <gml:datumID>
        <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:datum:EPSG::">6269</gml:name>
      </gml:datumID>
      <gml:usesPrimeMeridian>
        <gml:PrimeMeridian gml:id="ogrcrs2007073">
          <gml:meridianName>Greenwich</gml:meridianName>
          <gml:meridianID>
            <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:meridian:EPSG::">8901</gml:name>
          </gml:meridianID>
          <gml:greenwichLongitude>
            <gml:angle gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9102">0</gml:angle>
          </gml:greenwichLongitude>
        </gml:PrimeMeridian>
      </gml:usesPrimeMeridian>
      <gml:usesEllipsoid>
        <gml:Ellipsoid gml:id="ogrcrs2007074">
          <gml:ellipsoidName>GRS 1980</gml:ellipsoidName>
          <gml:ellipsoidID>
            <gml:name gml:codeSpace="urn:ogc:def:ellipsoid:EPSG::">7019</gml:name>
          </gml:ellipsoidID>
          <gml:semiMajorAxis gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001">6378137</gml:semiMajorAxis>
          <gml:secondDefiningParameter>
            <gml:inverseFlattening gml:uom="urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9201">298.257222101</gml:inverseFlattening>
          </gml:secondDefiningParameter>
        </gml:Ellipsoid>
      </gml:usesEllipsoid>
    </gml:GeodeticDatum>
  </gml:usesGeodeticDatum>
</gml:GeographicCRS>

Definition: GeoServer

4269=GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],TOWGS84[-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=longlat"
	"ellps=GRS80"
	"towgs84=-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0"
	"no_defs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0 +no_defs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0 +no_defs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 4269, 'EPSG', 4269, '+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0 +no_defs ', 'GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],TOWGS84[-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]]');

Definition: OGC WKT

GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],TOWGS84[-0.9738,1.9453,0.5486,-1.3357e-07,-4.872e-08,-5.507e-08,0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]]