EPSG systems

EPSG:8379 NAD83 / NCRS Las Vegas (m)

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: USA - Nevada - Las Vegas. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:8379
NameNAD83 / NCRS Las Vegas (m)
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Nevada - Las Vegas
United States (USA) - Nevada - Las Vegas area below approximately 3000 feet.
Bounds W -115,50° · S 35,88° · E -114,71° · N 36,43°
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.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin36.25degree
Longitude of natural origin-114.96666666666667degree
Scale factor at natural origin1.0001unity
False easting100000metre
False northing200000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=36.25 +lon_0=-114.966666666667 +k=1.0001 +x_0=100000 +y_0=200000 +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:8379.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_NCRS_Las_Vegas_(m)",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",100000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",200000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-114.966666666667],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0001],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",36.25],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.