NTv2_0.gsb
Parameter file is from NAD27 to NAD83 (4) (code 1313) assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84 within the accuracy of the transformation.
OGP
2021-09-10
Engineering survey, topographic mapping.
United States (USA) - Alaska onshore north of 54°30'N and between 168°W and 164°W.
Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: ftUS.
Definition: OGC Well Known Text
PROJCS["NAD27 / Alaska zone 8", GEOGCS["NAD27", DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927", SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898], EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","NTv2_0.gsb"]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]], UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]], PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"], PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",54], PARAMETER["central_meridian",-166], PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9999], PARAMETER["false_easting",500000], PARAMETER["false_northing",0], UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219], AXIS["Easting",EAST], AXIS["Northing",NORTH], AUTHORITY["EPSG","26738"]]
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
BOUNDCRS[ SOURCECRS[ PROJCRS["NAD27 / Alaska zone 8", BASEGEOGCRS["NAD27", DATUM["North American Datum 1927", ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], ID["EPSG",4267]], CONVERSION["Alaska CS27 zone 8", METHOD["Transverse Mercator", ID["EPSG",9807]], PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",54, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8801]], PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-166, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8802]], PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9999, SCALEUNIT["unity",1], ID["EPSG",8805]], PARAMETER["False easting",500000, LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219], ID["EPSG",8806]], PARAMETER["False northing",0, LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219], ID["EPSG",8807]]], CS[Cartesian,2], AXIS["easting (X)",east, ORDER[1], LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]], AXIS["northing (Y)",north, ORDER[2], LENGTHUNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Engineering survey, topographic mapping."], AREA["United States (USA) - Alaska onshore north of 54°30'N and between 168°W and 164°W."], BBOX[54.34,-168.26,69.05,-164]], ID["EPSG",26738]]], TARGETCRS[ GEOGCRS["WGS 84", ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble", 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, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], 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]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."], AREA["World."], BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]], ID["EPSG",4326]]], ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["NAD27 to WGS 84 (33)", METHOD["NTv2", ID["EPSG",9615]], PARAMETERFILE["Latitude and longitude difference file","NTv2_0.gsb"], USAGE[ 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 - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon; offshore east coast west of 44°W and north of 40°N."], BBOX[40,-141.01,83.17,-44]], ID["EPSG",1693], REMARK["Parameter file is from NAD27 to NAD83 (4) (code 1313) assuming that NAD83 is equivalent to WGS 84 within the accuracy of the transformation."]]]
Definition: ESRI Well Known Text
PROJCS["NAD_1927_StatePlane_Alaska_8_FIPS_5008", GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927", DATUM["D_North_American_1927", SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898], EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","NTv2_0.gsb"]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0], UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]], PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"], PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0], PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0], PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-166.0], PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999], PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",54.0], UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]]
Definition: JSON
{ "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json", "type": "BoundCRS", "source_crs": { "type": "ProjectedCRS", "name": "NAD27 / Alaska zone 8", "base_crs": { "name": "NAD27", "datum": { "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame", "name": "North American Datum 1927", "ellipsoid": { "name": "Clarke 1866", "semi_major_axis": 6378206.4, "semi_minor_axis": 6356583.8 } }, "coordinate_system": { "subtype": "ellipsoidal", "axis": [ { "name": "Geodetic latitude", "abbreviation": "Lat", "direction": "north", "unit": "degree" }, { "name": "Geodetic longitude", "abbreviation": "Lon", "direction": "east", "unit": "degree" } ] }, "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 4267 } }, "conversion": { "name": "Alaska CS27 zone 8", "method": { "name": "Transverse Mercator", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 9807 } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "Latitude of natural origin", "value": 54, "unit": "degree", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8801 } }, { "name": "Longitude of natural origin", "value": -166, "unit": "degree", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8802 } }, { "name": "Scale factor at natural origin", "value": 0.9999, "unit": "unity", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8805 } }, { "name": "False easting", "value": 500000, "unit": { "type": "LinearUnit", "name": "US survey foot", "conversion_factor": 0.304800609601219 }, "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8806 } }, { "name": "False northing", "value": 0, "unit": { "type": "LinearUnit", "name": "US survey foot", "conversion_factor": 0.304800609601219 }, "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8807 } } ] }, "coordinate_system": { "subtype": "Cartesian", "axis": [ { "name": "Easting", "abbreviation": "X", "direction": "east", "unit": { "type": "LinearUnit", "name": "US survey foot", "conversion_factor": 0.304800609601219 } }, { "name": "Northing", "abbreviation": "Y", "direction": "north", "unit": { "type": "LinearUnit", "name": "US survey foot", "conversion_factor": 0.304800609601219 } } ] }, "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 26738 } }, "target_crs": { "type": "GeographicCRS", "name": "WGS 84", "datum_ensemble": { "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble", "members": [ { "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 1166 } }, { "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 1152 } }, { "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 1153 } }, { "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 1154 } }, { "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 1155 } }, { "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 1156 } }, { "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 1309 } } ], "ellipsoid": { "name": "WGS 84", "semi_major_axis": 6378137, "inverse_flattening": 298.257223563 }, "accuracy": "2.0", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 6326 } }, "coordinate_system": { "subtype": "ellipsoidal", "axis": [ { "name": "Geodetic latitude", "abbreviation": "Lat", "direction": "north", "unit": "degree" }, { "name": "Geodetic longitude", "abbreviation": "Lon", "direction": "east", "unit": "degree" } ] }, "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 4326 } }, "transformation": { "name": "NAD27 to WGS 84 (33)", "method": { "name": "NTv2", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 9615 } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "Latitude and longitude difference file", "value": "NTv2_0.gsb", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8656 } } ], "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 1693 } } }
Definition: GeoServer
26738=PROJCS["NAD27 / Alaska zone 8",GEOGCS["NAD27",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","NTv2_0.gsb"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",54],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-166],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","26738"]]
Definition: Mapnik
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Map srs="+proj=tmerc +lat_0=54 +lon_0=-166 +k=0.9999 +x_0=152400.30480061 +y_0=0 +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=NTv2_0.gsb +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs"> <Layer srs="+proj=tmerc +lat_0=54 +lon_0=-166 +k=0.9999 +x_0=152400.30480061 +y_0=0 +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=NTv2_0.gsb +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs"> </Layer> </Map>
Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 26738, 'EPSG', 26738, '+proj=tmerc +lat_0=54 +lon_0=-166 +k=0.9999 +x_0=152400.30480061 +y_0=0 +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=NTv2_0.gsb +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs', 'PROJCS["NAD27 / Alaska zone 8",GEOGCS["NAD27",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","NTv2_0.gsb"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",54],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-166],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","26738"]]');