Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1928 (Height Transformation version 2.0)

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Data source: EPSG

Information source: Geodetic Survey Division, Natural Resources Canada, https://natural-resources.canada.ca, datum and geoid model pages.

Revision date: 2024-10-09

Scope: Derivation of approximate gravity-related heights from GNSS observations.

Remarks: Orthometric heights. Defines CGVD28 where the CGVD28 levelling-based network (datum code 5114) does not exist. Defines CGVD28(HTv2.0) throughout the HTv2.0 coverage. Both CGVD28 and CGVD28(HTv2.0) replaced by CGVD2013 (datum code 1127).

Area of use: Canada - onshore and offshore between 41°N and 84°N and west of 48°W - 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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WGS84 bounds:
-48.0 41.0
-141.01 84.0

Definition: OGC Well Known Text

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VERT_DATUM["Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1928 (Height Transformation version 2.0)",2005,
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","1384"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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VDATUM["Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1928 (Height Transformation version 2.0)",
    ANCHOREPOCH[1997],
    ID["EPSG",1384]]

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VDATUM["Canadian_Geodetic_Vertical_Datum_of_1928_Height_Transformation_version_2_0"]

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{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "VerticalReferenceFrame",
    "name": "Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1928 (Height Transformation version 2.0)",
    "anchor_epoch": 1997,
    "scope": "Derivation of approximate gravity-related heights from GNSS observations.",
    "area": "Canada - onshore and offshore between 41°N and 84°N and west of 48°W - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 41,
        "west_longitude": -141.01,
        "north_latitude": 84,
        "east_longitude": -48
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 1384
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

1384-datum=VERT_DATUM["Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1928 (Height Transformation version 2.0)",2005,AUTHORITY["EPSG","1384"]]

EPSG:1384