EPSG systems

EPSG:3463 NAD83 / Maine CS2000 Central

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: USA - Maine - CS2000 - C. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:3463
NameNAD83 / Maine CS2000 Central
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Maine - CS2000 - C
United States (USA) - Maine between approximately 69°40'W and 68°25'W. The area is bounded by the following: Beginning at the point determined by the intersection of the Maine State line and the County Line between Aroostook and Somerset Counties, thence northeasterly along the state line to the intersection of the Fort Kent - Frenchville town line, thence southerly along this town line to the intersection with the New Canada Plantation - T17 R5 WELS town line, thence continuing southerly along town lines to the northeast corner of Penobscot County, thence continuing southerly along the Penobs
Bounds W -70,03° · S 43,75° · E -68,33° · N 47,47°
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 origin43.5degree
Longitude of natural origin-69.125degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.99998unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=43.5 +lon_0=-69.125 +k=0.99998 +x_0=500000 +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:3463.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_Maine_2000_Central_Zone",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",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-69.125],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99998],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",43.5],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.