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
2000-10-19
metre
EPSG
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission
2007-01-19
-1028621.39 2396052.14
-1596889.67 1703121.48
-526341.45 3068260.68
-120.0 48.99
-109.98 60.0
Definition: OGC Well Known Text
PROJCS["NAD83 / Great Lakes and St Lawrence Albers", 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["Albers_Conic_Equal_Area"], PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",45.568977], PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",-83.248627], PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",42.122774], PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",49.01518], PARAMETER["false_easting",1000000], PARAMETER["false_northing",1000000], UNIT["metre",1, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]], AXIS["Easting",EAST], AXIS["Northing",NORTH], AUTHORITY["EPSG","3175"]]
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
PROJCRS["NAD83 / Great Lakes and St Lawrence Albers", 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["Great Lakes and St Lawrence Albers", METHOD["Albers Equal Area", ID["EPSG",9822]], PARAMETER["Latitude of false origin",45.568977, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8821]], PARAMETER["Longitude of false origin",-83.248627, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8822]], PARAMETER["Latitude of 1st standard parallel",42.122774, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8823]], PARAMETER["Latitude of 2nd standard parallel",49.01518, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8824]], PARAMETER["Easting at false origin",1000000, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8826]], PARAMETER["Northing at false origin",1000000, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8827]]], CS[Cartesian,2], AXIS["easting (X)",east, ORDER[1], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], AXIS["northing (Y)",north, ORDER[2], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Basin-wide mapping and analysis."], AREA["Canada and United States (USA) - Great Lakes basin and St Lawrence Seaway."], BBOX[40.99,-93.17,52.22,-54.75]], ID["EPSG",3175]]
Definition: ESRI Well Known Text
PROJCS["NAD_1983_Great_Lakes_and_St_Lawrence_Albers", 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["Albers"], PARAMETER["False_Easting",1000000.0], PARAMETER["False_Northing",1000000.0], PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-83.248627], PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",42.122774], PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",49.01518], PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",45.568977], UNIT["Meter",1.0]]
Definition: JSON
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Definition: GeoServer
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Definition: Mapnik
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Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
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