EPSG:26794 NAD27 / Mississippi East
Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: USA - Mississippi - SPCS - E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.
| Code | EPSG:26794 |
|---|---|
| Name | NAD27 / Mississippi East |
| Type | Projected system — Transverse Mercator |
| Area of use |
USA - Mississippi - SPCS - E United States (USA) - Mississippi - counties of Alcorn; Attala; Benton; Calhoun; Chickasaw; Choctaw; Clarke; Clay; Covington; Forrest; George; Greene; Hancock; Harrison; Itawamba; Jackson; Jasper; Jones; Kemper; Lafayette; Lamar; Lauderdale; Leake; Lee; Lowndes; Marshall; Monroe; Neshoba; Newton; Noxubee; Oktibbeha; Pearl River; Perry; Pontotoc; Prentiss; Scott; Smith; Stone; Tippah; Tishomingo; Union; Wayne; Webster; Winston. |
| Bounds | W -89,97° · S 30,01° · E -88,09° · N 35,01° |
| Countries | United States |
| Datum | North 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 (4) (EPSG:1173) — accuracy 10 m |
| Scope | Engineering survey, topographic mapping. |
Projection parameters
| Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Latitude of natural origin | 29.666666666666668 | degree |
| Longitude of natural origin | -88.83333333333333 | degree |
| Scale factor at natural origin | 0.99996 | unity |
| False easting | 500000 | US survey foot |
| False northing | 0 | US survey foot |
proj4 definition
+proj=tmerc +lat_0=29.6666666666667 +lon_0=-88.8333333333333 +k=0.99996 +x_0=152400.30480061 +y_0=0 +a=6378206.4000000004 +rf=294.9786982139 +units=us-ft +towgs84=-8,160,176 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:26794.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
PROJCS["NAD_1927_StatePlane_Mississippi_East_FIPS_2301",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",-88.8333333333333],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",29.6666666666667],UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]]Other systems — United States
- EPSG:26778NAD27 / Kansas South
- EPSG:26779NAD27 / Kentucky North
- EPSG:26780NAD27 / Kentucky South
- EPSG:26781NAD27 / Louisiana North
- EPSG:26782NAD27 / Louisiana South
- EPSG:26783NAD27 / Maine East
- EPSG:26784NAD27 / Maine West
- EPSG:26785NAD27 / Maryland
- EPSG:26786NAD27 / Massachusetts Mainland
- EPSG:26787NAD27 / Massachusetts Island
- EPSG:26791NAD27 / Minnesota North
- EPSG:26792NAD27 / Minnesota Central
- EPSG:26793NAD27 / Minnesota South
- EPSG:26795NAD27 / Mississippi West
- EPSG:26796NAD27 / Missouri East
- EPSG:26797NAD27 / Missouri Central
- EPSG:26798NAD27 / Missouri West
- EPSG:26799NAD27 / California zone VII
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.