EPSG systems

EPSG:6482 NAD83(2011) / Maine CS2000 West

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

System record
CodeEPSG:6482
NameNAD83(2011) / Maine CS2000 West
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Maine - CS2000 - W
United States (USA) - Maine west of approximately 69°40'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 following the Somerset County line Easterly to the Northwest corner of the Somerset and Piscataquis county line, thence Southerly along this county line to the northeast corner of the Athens town line, thence westerly along the town line between Brighton Plantation and Athens to the westerly corner of Athens, and continuing southerly to the southwest corn
Bounds W -71,09° · S 43,07° · E -69,60° · N 46,58°
Countries United States
DatumNAD83 (National Spatial Reference System 2011)
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:6318 — NAD83(2011)
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD83(2011) to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:9774) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin42.833333333333336degree
Longitude of natural origin-70.375degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.99998unity
False easting300000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=42.8333333333333 +lon_0=-70.375 +k=0.99998 +x_0=300000 +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:6482.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_2011_Maine_2000_West_Zone",GEOGCS["GCS_NAD_1983_2011",DATUM["D_NAD_1983_2011",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",-70.375],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99998],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",42.8333333333333],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.