EPSG:5070

NAD83 / Conus Albers

Selected transformation

Name: NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS)v7 (1)

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: ABCSRSV7.GSB

Remarks: Also distributed through Alberta Environment and Parks Lands Division named ABCSRSV7.DAC.

Information source: NR Canada, https://webapp.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/geod/data-donnees/transformations.php

Revision date: 2023-07-17

Attributes

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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            BASEGEOGCRS["NAD83",
                DATUM["North American Datum 1983",
                    ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
                        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
                PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                ID["EPSG",4269]],
            CONVERSION["Conus Albers",
                METHOD["Albers Equal Area",
                    ID["EPSG",9822]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of false origin",23,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8821]],
                PARAMETER["Longitude of false origin",-96,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8822]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of 1st standard parallel",29.5,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8823]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of 2nd standard parallel",45.5,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8824]],
                PARAMETER["Easting at false origin",0,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8826]],
                PARAMETER["Northing at false origin",0,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8827]]],
            CS[Cartesian,2],
                AXIS["easting (X)",east,
                    ORDER[1],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["northing (Y)",north,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Data analysis and small scale data presentation for contiguous lower 48 states."],
                AREA["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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                ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                ANCHOREPOCH[2010]],
            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["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
                AREA["Canada - onshore and offshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon."],
                BBOX[38.21,-141.01,86.46,-40.73]],
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            REMARK["Adopted by the Canadian federal government from 2017-05-01 and the provincial government of Alberta. Replaces NAD83(CSRS)v6. Replaced by NAD83(CSRS)v8. Longitudes are POSITIVE EAST."]]],
    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS)v7 (1)",
        METHOD["NTv2",
            ID["EPSG",9615]],
        PARAMETERFILE["Latitude and longitude difference file","ABCSRSV7.GSB"],
        USAGE[
            SCOPE["Transformation of coordinates at 0.1m level of accuracy."],
            AREA["Canada - Alberta."],
            BBOX[48.99,-120,60,-109.98]],
        ID["EPSG",9795],
        REMARK["Also distributed through Alberta Environment and Parks Lands Division named ABCSRSV7.DAC."]]]

Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

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Definition: JSON

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                    }
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            },
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                },
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                    "name": "Easting at false origin",
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                    "id": {
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                },
                {
                    "name": "Northing at false origin",
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        },
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                {
                    "name": "Northing",
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                    "direction": "north",
                    "unit": "metre"
                }
            ]
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        },
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                }
            }
        ],
        "id": {
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}

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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	"lon_0=-96"
	"lat_1=29.5"
	"lat_2=45.5"
	"x_0=0"
	"y_0=0"
	"datum=NAD83"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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