EPSG:8237 NAD83(CSRS)v2
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Canada. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.
| Code | EPSG:8237 |
|---|---|
| Name | NAD83(CSRS)v2 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Canada Canada - onshore and offshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon. |
| Bounds | W -141,01° · S 38,21° · E -40,73° · N 86,46° |
| Countries | Canada |
| Datum | North American Datum of 1983 (CSRS) version 2 |
| Ellipsoid | GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Horizontal component of 3D system. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:8237.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_NAD83_CSRS_v2",DATUM["North_American_Datum_of_1983_(CSRS)_version_2",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Canada
- EPSG:5588NAD27 / New Brunswick Stereographic (NAD27)
- EPSG:6103NAD83(CSRS) / EPSG Arctic zone 3-29
- EPSG:6622NAD83(CSRS)v2 / Quebec Lambert
- EPSG:6623NAD83 / Quebec Albers
- EPSG:6624NAD83(CSRS)v2 / Quebec Albers
- EPSG:7991NAD27 / MTM zone 10
- EPSG:8082NAD83(CSRS)v6 / MTM NS 2010 zone 4
- EPSG:8083NAD83(CSRS)v6 / MTM NS 2010 zone 5
- EPSG:8232NAD83(CSRS96)
- EPSG:8240NAD83(CSRS)v3
- EPSG:8246NAD83(CSRS)v4
- EPSG:8249NAD83(CSRS)v5
- EPSG:8252NAD83(CSRS)v6
- EPSG:8255NAD83(CSRS)v7
- EPSG:9709NAD83(CSRS) / UTM zone 23N
- EPSG:9712NAD83 / UTM zone 24N
- EPSG:9713NAD83(CSRS) / UTM zone 24N
- EPSG:10414NAD83(CSRS)v8
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.