EPSG systems

EPSG:3775 NAD83 / Alberta 3TM ref merid 111 W

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Canada - Alberta - east of 112.5°W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:3775
NameNAD83 / Alberta 3TM ref merid 111 W
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Canada - Alberta - east of 112.5°W
Canada - Alberta - east of 112°30'W.
Bounds W -112,50° · S 48,99° · E -109,98° · N 60,00°
Countries Canada
DatumNorth American Datum 1983
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4269 — NAD83
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD83 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1188) — accuracy 4 m
ScopeCadastre, survey control and engineering survey in urban areas, typically in all municipalities that previously comprised the 73 Municipal Integrated Surveying and Mapping (MISAM) areas, also known as urban cadastral map areas. For rural areas use UTM.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-111degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9999unity
False easting0metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=-111 +k=0.9999 +x_0=0 +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:3775.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_3TM_111",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",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-111.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Canada

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