QUE27-98.gsb
Uses NT method which expects longitudes positive west; EPSG GeogCRSs NAD27 (code 4267) and NAD83(CSRS98) (code 4140) have longitudes positive east. Can be taken as an approximate transformation NAD27 to WGS 84 - see code 1692. Geodetic Service of Quebec. Contact
2000-10-19
degree (supplier to define representation)
EPSG
2022-12-12
Geodesy.
Note: this CRS includes longitudes which are POSITIVE EAST. Replaced by NAD27(76) (code 4608) in Ontario, CGQ77 (code 4609) in Quebec, Mexican Datum of 1993 (code 4483) in Mexico, NAD83 (code 4269) in Canada (excl. Ontario & Quebec) & USA.
Ellipsoidal 2D CS. Axes: latitude, longitude. Orientations: north, east. UoM: degree
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
BOUNDCRS[ SOURCECRS[ GEOGCRS["NAD27", DATUM["North American Datum 1927", ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898, 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["Geodesy."], AREA["North and central America: Antigua and Barbuda - onshore. Bahamas - onshore plus offshore over internal continental shelf only. Belize - onshore. British Virgin Islands - onshore. Canada onshore - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon - plus offshore east coast. Cuba - onshore and offshore. El Salvador - onshore. Guatemala - onshore. Honduras - onshore. Panama - onshore. Puerto Rico - onshore. Mexico - onshore plus offshore east coast. Nicaragua - onshore. United States (USA) onshore and offshore - Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming - plus offshore . US Virgin Islands - onshore."], BBOX[7.15,167.65,83.17,-47.74]], ID["EPSG",4267]]], TARGETCRS[ GEOGCRS["NAD83(CSRS98)", 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 minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433]], AXIS["geodetic longitude (Long)",east, ORDER[2], ANGLEUNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Geodesy."], AREA["Canada - Alberta; New Brunswick; Saskatchewan; Prince Edward Island; and Quebec."], BBOX[44.61,-120,62.56,-57.1]], ID["EPSG",4140]]], ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["NAD27 to NAD83(CSRS98) (1)", METHOD["NTv2", ID["EPSG",9615]], PARAMETERFILE["Latitude and longitude difference file","QUE27-98.gsb"], USAGE[ SCOPE["Transformation of coordinates at 1m to 2m level of accuracy."], AREA["Canada - Quebec."], BBOX[44.99,-79.85,62.62,-57.1]], ID["EPSG",1574], REMARK["Uses NT method which expects longitudes positive west; EPSG GeogCRSs NAD27 (code 4267) and NAD83(CSRS98) (code 4140) have longitudes positive east. Can be taken as an approximate transformation NAD27 to WGS 84 - see code 1692."]]]
Definition: JSON
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Definition: Mapnik
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