EPSG:3309

NAD27 / California Albers

Available transformations
to EPSG:4152

Selected transformation

Grid Files: conus.las conus.los nmhpgn.las nmhpgn.los

Remarks: May be taken as approximate transformation NAD27 to WGS 84 - see code 8616.

Information source: US Coast & Geodetic Survey www.ngs.noaa.gov NADCON readme file

Revision date: 1999-10-20

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: California Spatial Information Library (CaSIL), http://gis.ca.gov

Revision date: 2005-09-19

Scope: State-wide spatial data management.

Area of use: United States (USA) - California.

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

Center coordinates
1283799.78 -333249.04

Projected bounds:
970169.0 -681752.7
1615882.2 22092.55

WGS84 bounds:
-109.06 31.33
-102.99 37.0

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

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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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