EPSG systems

EPSG:26978 NAD83 / Kansas South

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)) in use: USA - Kansas - SPCS - S. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:26978
NameNAD83 / Kansas South
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)
Area of use USA - Kansas - SPCS - S
United States (USA) - Kansas - counties of Allen; Anderson; Barber; Barton; Bourbon; Butler; Chase; Chautauqua; Cherokee; Clark; Coffey; Comanche; Cowley; Crawford; Edwards; Elk; Finney; Ford; Franklin; Grant; Gray; Greeley; Greenwood; Hamilton; Harper; Harvey; Haskell; Hodgeman; Kearny; Kingman; Kiowa; Labette; Lane; Linn; Lyon; Marion; McPherson; Meade; Miami; Montgomery; Morton; Neosho; Ness; Osage; Pawnee; Pratt; Reno; Rice; Rush; Scott; Sedgwick; Seward; Stafford; Stanton; Stevens; Sumner; Wichita; Wilson; Woodson.
Bounds W -102,05° · S 36,99° · E -94,60° · N 38,88°
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 false origin36.666666666666664degree
Longitude of false origin-98.5degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel38.56666666666667degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel37.266666666666666degree
Easting at false origin400000metre
Northing at false origin400000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_0=36.6666666666667 +lon_0=-98.5 +lat_1=38.5666666666667 +lat_2=37.2666666666667 +x_0=400000 +y_0=400000 +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:26978.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_StatePlane_Kansas_South_FIPS_1502",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["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",400000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",400000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-98.5],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",38.5666666666667],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",37.2666666666667],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.