EPSG systems

EPSG:26707 NAD27 / UTM zone 7N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: North America - 144°W to 138°W and NAD27 by country. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:26707
NameNAD27 / UTM zone 7N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use North America - 144°W to 138°W and NAD27 by country
North America - between 144°W and 138°W. Canada - British Columbia; Yukon. United States (USA) - Alaska. Onshore for western Canada & but onshore and offshore for Alaska.
Bounds W -144,00° · S 53,47° · E -138,00° · N 73,59°
Countries Canada, United States
DatumNorth American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Base geographic system EPSG:4267 — NAD27
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD27 to WGS 84 (7) (EPSG:1176) — accuracy 12 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-141degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=7 +a=6378206.4000000004 +rf=294.9786982139 +units=m +towgs84=-5,135,172 +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:26707.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1927_UTM_Zone_7N",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927",DATUM["D_North_American_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-141.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Canada

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