EPSG:6966

NAD27 / Michigan North

Selected transformation

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: SK27-98.gsb

Remarks: Can be taken as an approximate transformation NAD27 to WGS 84 - see code 1703.

Information source: Dir Geodetic Surveys; SaskGeomatics Div.; Saskatchewan Property Management Company.

Revision date: 2000-10-19

Attributes

Unit: US survey foot

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: National Geodetic Survey publication 65-1 part 52.

Revision date: 2021-05-13

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: From 1964 this Lambert Conic Conformal (LCC) zone replaces the NAD27 / Michigan West Transverse Mercator (TM) zone (CRS code 5625).

Area of use: United States (USA) - Michigan north of approximately 45°45'N - counties of Alger; Baraga; Chippewa; Delta; Dickinson; Gogebic; Houghton; Iron; Keweenaw; Luce; Mackinac; Marquette; Menominee; Ontonagon; Schoolcraft.

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

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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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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