EPSG:6966

NAD27 / Michigan North

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to EPSG:4326

Selected transformation

Grid Files: NTv1_0.gsb

Remarks: Approximation at the +/- 1m level assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84. Superseded by NAD27 to WGS 84 (27) (code 8404) in Quebec and NAD27 to WGS 84 (26) (code 8245) elsewhere in Canada.

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 1998-11-11

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.

Center coordinates
1312101.42 6510525.27

Projected bounds:
-9958077.87 5841527.42
-1551846.89 16208172.6

WGS84 bounds:
-141.01 38.21
-40.73 86.46

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.
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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: MapServer - MAPfile

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Definition: Mapnik

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