EPSG:8259

ITRF96 to NAD83(CSRS)v2 (1)

Attributes

Geodetic CRS: ITRF96

Datum: International Terrestrial Reference Frame 1996

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: "Realisation and Unification of NAD83 in Canada and the US via the ITRF", Craymer, Ferland and Snay, at US National Geodetic Survey, http://geodesy.noaa.gov/CORS.

Revision date: 2023-07-17

Scope: Geodesy. Defines NAD83(CSRS)v2.

Remarks: Jointly derived by Canada and US at 12 North American VLBI stations. Scale difference in ppb and scale difference rate in ppb/yr where 1/billion = 1E-9 or nm/m. See tfm code 6864 for US equivalent.

Method: Time-dependent Position Vector tfm (geocentric)

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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            CS[Cartesian,3],
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                    ORDER[1],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["(Y)",geocentricY,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["(Z)",geocentricZ,
                    ORDER[3],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
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            CS[Cartesian,3],
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                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["(Y)",geocentricY,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["(Z)",geocentricZ,
                    ORDER[3],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
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    METHOD["Time-dependent Position Vector tfm (geocentric)",
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    PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",-1.9072,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
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    PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",-0.5129,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
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        ANGLEUNIT["milliarc-second",4.84813681109536E-09],
        ID["EPSG",8608]],
    PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",-9.65,
        ANGLEUNIT["milliarc-second",4.84813681109536E-09],
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    PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",-11.66,
        ANGLEUNIT["milliarc-second",4.84813681109536E-09],
        ID["EPSG",8610]],
    PARAMETER["Scale difference",0,
        SCALEUNIT["parts per billion",1E-09],
        ID["EPSG",8611]],
    PARAMETER["Rate of change of X-axis translation",0,
        LENGTHUNIT["metres per year",3.16887651727315E-08],
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    PARAMETER["Rate of change of Y-axis translation",0,
        LENGTHUNIT["metres per year",3.16887651727315E-08],
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    PARAMETER["Rate of change of Z-axis translation",0,
        LENGTHUNIT["metres per year",3.16887651727315E-08],
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    PARAMETER["Rate of change of Y-axis rotation",0.7423,
        ANGLEUNIT["milliarc-seconds per year",1.53631468932076E-16],
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    PARAMETER["Rate of change of Z-axis rotation",0.0316,
        ANGLEUNIT["milliarc-seconds per year",1.53631468932076E-16],
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    PARAMETER["Rate of change of Scale difference",0,
        SCALEUNIT["parts per billion per year",3.16887651727315E-17],
        ID["EPSG",1046]],
    PARAMETER["Parameter reference epoch",1997,
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        ID["EPSG",1047]],
    OPERATIONACCURACY[0.0],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Geodesy. Defines NAD83(CSRS)v2."],
        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."],
        BBOX[38.21,-141.01,86.46,-40.73]],
    ID["EPSG",8259],
    REMARK["Jointly derived by Canada and US at 12 North American VLBI stations. Scale difference in ppb and scale difference rate in ppb/yr where 1/billion = 1E-9 or nm/m. See tfm code 6864 for US equivalent."]]

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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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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