The gridded difference file AB_CSRS.DAC in STEP 1 will need to be renamed to AB_CSRS.gsb to run in some software suites. Formats identical, but AB file is provincial fit only.
Geodetic Control Section; Land and Forest Svc; Alberta Environment; http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/land/dos/ or email to geoff.banham@gov.ab.ca
2000-10-19
9484721.59 22067473.26
7498791.15 19598122.73
11737973.11 24426479.29
-120.0 48.99
-109.98 60.0
Definition: OGC Well Known Text
PROJCS["NAD83 / BLM 5N (ftUS)", GEOGCS["NAD83", DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983", SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]], UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]], PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"], PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0], PARAMETER["central_meridian",-153], PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996], PARAMETER["false_easting",1640416.67], PARAMETER["false_northing",0], UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9003"]], AXIS["Easting",EAST], AXIS["Northing",NORTH], AUTHORITY["EPSG","4425"]]
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
PROJCRS["NAD83 / BLM 5N (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["BLM zone 5N (US survey foot)", METHOD["Transverse Mercator", ID["EPSG",9807]], PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8801]], PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-153, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8802]], PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996, SCALEUNIT["unity",1], ID["EPSG",8805]], PARAMETER["False easting",1640416.67, 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["No official usage."], AREA["United States (USA) - between 156°W and 150°W - Alaska and offshore continental shelf (OCS)."], BBOX[52.15,-156,74.71,-149.99]], ID["EPSG",4425]]
Definition: ESRI Well Known Text
PROJCS["NAD_1983_BLM_Zone_5N", GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983", DATUM["D_North_American_1983", SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0], UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]], PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"], PARAMETER["False_Easting",1640416.67], PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0], PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-153.0], PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996], PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0], UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]]
Definition: JSON
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Definition: GeoServer
4425=PROJCS["NAD83 / BLM 5N (ftUS)",GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-153],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",1640416.67],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9003"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4425"]]
Definition: Mapnik
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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 4425, 'EPSG', 4425, '+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=-153 +k=0.9996 +x_0=500000.001016002 +y_0=0 +datum=NAD83 +units=us-ft +no_defs +type=crs', 'PROJCS["NAD83 / BLM 5N (ftUS)",GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-153],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",1640416.67],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9003"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4425"]]');