EPSG:26848

NAD83 / Maine West (ftUS)

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Method: NADCON

Grid Files: mehpgn.las mehpgn.los

Remarks: Parameter files are from NAD83 to NAD83(HARN) (13) (code 1486) assuming that NAD83(HARN) is equivalent to WGS 84 within the accuracy of the transformation.

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2021-09-10

Attributes

Unit: US survey foot

Geodetic CRS: NAD83

Datum: North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: U.S. National Geodetic Survey, http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/

Revision date: 2008-05-28

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: State law defines use of US survey feet. Federal definition is metric - see code 26984. For applications with an accuracy of better than 3ft, replaced by NAD83(HARN) / SPCS.

Area of use: United States (USA) - Maine - counties of Androscoggin; Cumberland; Franklin; Kennebec; Lincoln; Oxford; Sagadahoc; Somerset; York.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: ftUS.

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Center coordinates
3253195.06 884946.77

Projected bounds:
2705905.06 75323.21
3823419.63 1707415.74

WGS84 bounds:
-71.09 43.04
-66.91 47.47

United States (USA) - Maine.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

PROJCRS["NAD83 / Maine West (ftUS)",
    BASEGEOGCRS["NAD83",
        DATUM["North American Datum 1983",
            ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
                LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
        ID["EPSG",4269]],
    CONVERSION["SPCS83 Maine West zone (US survey foot)",
        METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
            ID["EPSG",9807]],
        PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",42.8333333333333,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8801]],
        PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-70.1666666666667,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
            ID["EPSG",8802]],
        PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.999966667,
            SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
            ID["EPSG",8805]],
        PARAMETER["False easting",2952750,
            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) - Maine - counties of Androscoggin; Cumberland; Franklin; Kennebec; Lincoln; Oxford; Sagadahoc; Somerset; York."],
        BBOX[43.04,-71.09,46.58,-69.26]],
    ID["EPSG",26848]]

Definition: JSON

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                },
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                }
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            },
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        ]
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
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            },
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    },
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