EPSG:4408

NAD27 / BLM 8N (ftUS)

Available transformations
to EPSG:4326
EPSG:4326 - WGS 84

Selected transformation

Grid Files: conus.las conus.los

Remarks:

Information source: Both transformations from US National Geodetic Survey.

Revision date: 1999-10-20

Steps of transformation: 1241 1515

Attributes

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: 2010-02-20

Steps of transformation: 1241 1515

Scope: No official usage.

Area of use: United States (USA) - between 138°W and 132°W onshore and offshore - Alaska.

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

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Center coordinates
12856745.65 15679340.96

Projected bounds:
3594367.71 8679434.89
16462288.24 26639547.31

WGS84 bounds:
-129.16 23.81
-65.69 49.38

United States (USA) - CONUS including EEZ - onshore and offshore - 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. US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) OCS.
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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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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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Definition: OGC WKT 2 (2019)

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