EPSG systems

EPSG:2237 NAD83 / Florida West (ftUS)

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: USA - Florida - SPCS - W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2237
NameNAD83 / Florida West (ftUS)
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Florida - SPCS - W
United States (USA) - Florida - counties of Charlotte; Citrus; De Soto; Hardee; Hernando; Hillsborough; Lee; Levy; Manatee; Marion; Pasco; Pinellas; Polk; Sarasota; Sumter.
Bounds W -83,34° · S 26,27° · E -81,13° · N 29,60°
Countries United States
DatumNorth American Datum 1983
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4269 — NAD83
Unit US survey foot (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD83 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1188) — accuracy 4 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin24.333333333333332degree
Longitude of natural origin-82degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.999941177unity
False easting656166.667US survey foot
False northing0US survey foot

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=24.3333333333333 +lon_0=-82 +k=0.999941177 +x_0=200000.0001016 +y_0=0 +a=6378137 +rf=298.257222101 +units=us-ft +towgs84=0,0,0 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:2237.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_StatePlane_Florida_West_FIPS_0902_Feet",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",656166.667],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-82.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999941177],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",24.3333333333333],UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]]

All systems — United States

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.