conus.las conus.los
Both transformations from US National Geodetic Survey.
1999-10-20
metre
EPSG
United States Geological Survey, Western Geographic Science Center
2020-03-26
Statistical analysis.
Uses spherical projection formulas. USGS documentation describes sphere as derived from GRS80/WGS 84 ellipsoid but that actually used is Clarke 1866. For 1:1million and smaller scale maps there is no significant difference.
United States (USA) - onshore and offshore.
Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
inf inf
-2148879.33 54878.26
2817389.01 1018220.43
-129.17 23.81
-65.69 49.38
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
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Definition: JSON
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