EPSG systems

EPSG:3555 NAD83(NSRS2007) / Maine CS2000 East

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

System record
CodeEPSG:3555
NameNAD83(NSRS2007) / Maine CS2000 East
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Maine - CS2000 - E
United States (USA) - Maine east of approximately 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 Fort Kent - Frenchville town line, thence continuing easterly and then southerly along the state line to the boundary of the State of Maine as determined by Maritime law, thence following the State boundary westerly to the intersection of the Knox and Hancock County line, thence northerly along the easterly boundary of the Maine 2000 Central Zone, as defined, to the point of beginning.
Bounds W -68,58° · S 44,18° · E -66,91° · N 47,37°
Countries United States
DatumNAD83 (National Spatial Reference System 2007)
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4759 — NAD83(NSRS2007)
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD83(NSRS2007) to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15931) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin43.833333333333336degree
Longitude of natural origin-67.875degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.99998unity
False easting700000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=43.8333333333333 +lon_0=-67.875 +k=0.99998 +x_0=700000 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +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:3555.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_NSRS2007_Maine_2000_East_Zone",GEOGCS["GCS_NAD_1983_NSRS2007",DATUM["D_NAD_1983_NSRS2007",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",700000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-67.875],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99998],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",43.8333333333333],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.