EPSG systems

EPSG:26971 NAD83 / Illinois East

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

System record
CodeEPSG:26971
NameNAD83 / Illinois East
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Illinois - SPCS - E
United States (USA) - Illinois - counties of Boone; Champaign; Clark; Clay; Coles; Cook; Crawford; Cumberland; De Kalb; De Witt; Douglas; Du Page; Edgar; Edwards; Effingham; Fayette; Ford; Franklin; Gallatin; Grundy; Hamilton; Hardin; Iroquois; Jasper; Jefferson; Johnson; Kane; Kankakee; Kendall; La Salle; Lake; Lawrence; Livingston; Macon; Marion; Massac; McHenry; McLean; Moultrie; Piatt; Pope; Richland; Saline; Shelby; Vermilion; Wabash; Wayne; White; Will; Williamson.
Bounds W -89,27° · S 37,06° · E -87,02° · N 42,50°
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 origin36.666666666666664degree
Longitude of natural origin-88.33333333333333degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.999975unity
False easting300000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=36.6666666666667 +lon_0=-88.3333333333333 +k=0.999975 +x_0=300000 +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:26971.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_StatePlane_Illinois_East_FIPS_1201",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",300000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-88.3333333333333],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999975],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",36.6666666666667],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.