EPSG:7008

Clarke 1866

Attributes

Unit: metre

Data source: EPSG

Information source: US Army Map Service Technical Manual No. 7; 1943.

Revision date: 2013-01-17

Remarks: Original definition a=20926062 and b=20855121 (British) feet. Uses Clarke's 1865 inch-metre ratio of 39.370432 to obtain metres. (Metric value then converted to US survey feet for use in the US and international feet for use in Cayman Islands).

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","7008"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
    ID["EPSG",7008]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]

Definition: JSON

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Definition: GeoServer

7008-ellipsoid=SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7008"]]