EPSG:4404

NAD27 / BLM 4N (ftUS)

Available transformations
to EPSG:4617
EPSG:4617 - NAD83(CSRS)

Selected transformation

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: SK27-98.gsb

Remarks: Can be taken as an approximate transformation NAD27 to WGS 84 - see code 1703.

Information source: Dir Geodetic Surveys; SaskGeomatics Div.; Saskatchewan Property Management Company.

Revision date: 2002-07-13

Attributes

Unit: US survey foot

Geodetic CRS: NAD27

Datum: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2011-06-30

Scope: No official usage.

Area of use: United States (USA) - between 162°W and 156°W - Alaska and offshore continental shelf (OCS).

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

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Center coordinates
12218571.4 24362270.59

Projected bounds:
9962356.16 21942441.5
14728908.87 26522788.27

WGS84 bounds:
-110.0 49.0
-101.34 60.01

Canada - Saskatchewan.
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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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