EPSG systems

EPSG:26929 NAD83 / Alabama East

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

System record
CodeEPSG:26929
NameNAD83 / Alabama East
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Alabama - SPCS - E
United States (USA) - Alabama east of approximately 86°37'W - counties Barbour; Bullock; Calhoun; Chambers; Cherokee; Clay; Cleburne; Coffee; Coosa; Covington; Crenshaw; Dale; De Kalb; Elmore; Etowah; Geneva; Henry; Houston; Jackson; Lee; Macon; Madison; Marshall; Montgomery; Pike; Randolph; Russell; StClair; Talladega; Tallapoosa.
Bounds W -86,79° · S 30,99° · E -84,89° · N 35,00°
Countries United States
DatumNorth American Datum 1983
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4269 — NAD83
Unit metre (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 origin30.5degree
Longitude of natural origin-85.83333333333333degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.99996unity
False easting200000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=30.5 +lon_0=-85.8333333333333 +k=0.99996 +x_0=200000 +y_0=0 +a=6378137 +rf=298.257222101 +units=m +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:26929.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_StatePlane_Alabama_East_FIPS_0101",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",200000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-85.8333333333333],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",30.5],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — United States

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