EPSG:8245 DEPRECATED

NAD27 to WGS 84 (26)

Attributes

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 1998-11-11

Steps of transformation: 1313 1188

Scope: (null/copy) Approximation for medium and low accuracy applications assuming equality between plate-fixed static and earth-fixed dynamic CRSs, ignoring static/dynamic CRS differences.

Remarks: Approximation at the +/- 1m level assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84.

Area of use: 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.

Description: (0,)

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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    VERSION["EPSG-Can"],
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            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
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            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]],
            ID["EPSG",4267]]],
    TARGETCRS[
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                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
                ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
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                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
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                        ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
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                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
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                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
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                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
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                        ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
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                        MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
                        MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
                        MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
                        MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
                        ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
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                    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
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                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                        AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                            ORDER[2],
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
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            METHOD["Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)",
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            PARAMETER["X-axis translation",0,
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            PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",0,
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        SCOPE["(null/copy) Approximation for medium and low accuracy applications assuming equality between plate-fixed static and earth-fixed dynamic CRSs, ignoring static/dynamic CRS differences."],
        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."],
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    REMARK["Approximation at the +/- 1m level assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84."]]

Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

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Definition: JSON

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                    "name": "Y-axis translation",
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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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Definition: Mapnik

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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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