EPSG:3356 DEPRECATED

Grand Cayman 1959 / UTM zone 17N

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Available transformations
to EPSG:4326
EPSG:4326 - WGS 84

Selected transformation

Method: Coordinate Frame rotation (geog2D domain)

Remarks: Parameter values are taken from GCGD59 to CIGD11 (1) (code 6136) assuming that CIGD11 and WGS 84 can be considered the same to within the accuracy of the transformation.

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2021-09-23

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: GCGD59

Datum: Grand Cayman Geodetic Datum 1959

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Clifford J. Mugnier; in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing November 1998. http://www.asprs.org/

Revision date: 2006-01-26

Scope: Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Area of use: Cayman Islands - Grand Cayman.

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

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Center coordinates
474195.03 2135408.76

Projected bounds:
452103.54 2124324.35
496259.49 2146520.3

WGS84 bounds:
-81.46 19.21
-81.04 19.41

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

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        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
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    PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
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    AXIS["Easting",EAST],
    AXIS["Northing",NORTH],
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

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    PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-81.0],
    PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],
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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: GeoServer

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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	"units=m"
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Definition: Mapnik

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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

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