AB_CSRS.DAC
This gridded difference file AB_CSRS.DAC will need to be renamed to AB_CSRS.gsb to run in some software suites. Formats identical, but AB file is provincial fit only. Can be taken as an approximate transformation NAD83 to WGS 84 - see code 1702.
Geodetic Control Section; Land and Forest Svc; Alberta Environment; http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/land/dos/
2005-09-29
Topographic mapping (medium scale).
Replaces NAD27 / UTM zone 59N. For accuracies better than 1m replaced by NAD83(NSRS) / UTM zone 59N.
United States (USA) - west of 174°E. Alaska and offshore continental shelf (OCS).
Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
4527178.18 8758595.01
3733670.74 8069694.41
5386617.73 9298095.47
-120.0 48.99
-109.98 60.0
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
BOUNDCRS[ SOURCECRS[ PROJCRS["NAD83 / UTM zone 59N", 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["UTM zone 59N", METHOD["Transverse Mercator", ID["EPSG",9807]], PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8801]], PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",171, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8802]], PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996, SCALEUNIT["unity",1], ID["EPSG",8805]], PARAMETER["False easting",500000, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8806]], PARAMETER["False northing",0, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8807]]], CS[Cartesian,2], AXIS["(E)",east, ORDER[1], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], AXIS["(N)",north, ORDER[2], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Topographic mapping (medium scale)."], AREA["United States (USA) - west of 174°E. Alaska and offshore continental shelf (OCS)."], BBOX[49.01,167.65,56.28,174.01]], ID["EPSG",3372]]], TARGETCRS[ GEOGCRS["NAD83(CSRS)", DATUM["NAD83 Canadian Spatial Reference System", ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], CS[ellipsoidal,2], AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north, ORDER[1], ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east, ORDER[2], ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."], AREA["Canada - onshore and offshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon."], BBOX[38.21,-141.01,86.46,-40.73]], ID["EPSG",4617]]], ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS) (3)", METHOD["NTv2", ID["EPSG",9615]], PARAMETERFILE["Latitude and longitude difference file","AB_CSRS.DAC"], USAGE[ SCOPE["Transformation of coordinates at 1m to 2m level of accuracy."], AREA["Canada - Alberta."], BBOX[48.99,-120,60,-109.98]], ID["EPSG",1849], REMARK["This gridded difference file AB_CSRS.DAC will need to be renamed to AB_CSRS.gsb to run in some software suites. Formats identical, but AB file is provincial fit only. Can be taken as an approximate transformation NAD83 to WGS 84 - see code 1702."]]]
Definition: JSON
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Definition: Mapnik
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