EPSG systems

EPSG:26770 NAD27 / Idaho West

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

System record
CodeEPSG:26770
NameNAD27 / Idaho West
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Idaho - SPCS - W
United States (USA) - Idaho - counties of Ada; Adams; Benewah; Boise; Bonner; Boundary; Canyon; Clearwater; Elmore; Gem; Idaho; Kootenai; Latah; Lewis; Nez Perce; Owyhee; Payette; Shoshone; Valley; Washington.
Bounds W -117,24° · S 41,99° · E -114,32° · N 49,01°
Countries United States
DatumNorth American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Base geographic system EPSG:4267 — NAD27
Unit US survey foot (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD27 to WGS 84 (6) (EPSG:1175) — accuracy 7 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin41.666666666666664degree
Longitude of natural origin-115.75degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.999933333unity
False easting500000US survey foot
False northing0US survey foot

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=41.6666666666667 +lon_0=-115.75 +k=0.999933333 +x_0=152400.30480061 +y_0=0 +a=6378206.4000000004 +rf=294.9786982139 +units=us-ft +towgs84=-8,159,175 +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:26770.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1927_StatePlane_Idaho_West_FIPS_1103",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",-115.75],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999933333],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",41.6666666666667],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.