Method: NTv2
Grid Files: SK83-98.gsb
Remarks: Can be taken as an approximate transformation NAD83 to WGS 84 - see code 1697.
Information source: Dir Geodetic Surveys; SaskGeomatics Div.; Saskatchewan Property Management Company.
Revision date: 2021-12-03
Unit: metre
Geodetic CRS: NAD83
Datum: North American Datum 1983
Ellipsoid: GRS 1980
Prime meridian: Greenwich
Data source: EPSG
Information source: Direction générale de l’information géographique; Ministère des Ressources Naturelles; Quebec.
Revision date: 2013-12-06
Scope: Topographic mapping (medium and small scale).
Remarks: For applications with an accuracy of better than 2 metres, replaced by NAD83(CSRS) / Quebec Albers (CRS code 6624).
Area of use: Canada - Quebec.
Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
Center coordinates
-2286296.04 1773961.26
Projected bounds:
-2859371.37 1090312.86
-1769580.23 2435274.31
WGS84 bounds:
-110.0 49.0
-101.34 60.01
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: JSON
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