Method: NTv2
Grid Files: AB_CSRS.DAC
Remarks: This gridded difference file AB_CSRS.DAC will need to be renamed to AB_CSRS.gsb to run in some software suites. Formats identical, but AB file is provincial fit only.
Information source: Geodetic Control Section; Land and Forest Svc; Alberta Environment; http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/land/dos/ or email to geoff.banham@gov.ab.ca
Revision date: 2000-10-19
Unit: US survey foot
Geodetic CRS: NAD27
Datum: North American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: OGP
Revision date: 2011-06-30
Scope: No official usage.
Area of use: United States (USA) - between 174°W and 168°W - Alaska and offshore continental shelf (OCS).
Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: ftUS.
Center coordinates
12646038.13 24847323.64
Projected bounds:
10240790.53 22310819.55
15334975.14 27082418.79
WGS84 bounds:
-120.0 48.99
-109.98 60.0
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: JSON
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