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North American Datum information


Meades Ranch Triangulation Station, fundamental station for the North American Datum of 1927

The North American Datum (NAD) is the horizontal datum now used to define the geodetic network in North America. A datum is a formal description of the shape of the Earth along with an "anchor" point for the coordinate system. In surveying, cartography, and land-use planning, two North American Datums are in use for making lateral or "horizontal" measurements: the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) and the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83). Both are geodetic reference systems based on slightly different assumptions and measurements.

Vertical measurements, based on distances above or below Mean High Water (MHW), are calculated using the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).[1]

NAD 83, along with NAVD 88, is set to be replaced with a new GPS- and gravimetric geoid model-based geometric reference frame and geopotential datum, potentially in 2025.[2]

  1. ^ North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), at National Geodetic Survey
  2. ^ New Datums: Replacing NAVD 88 and NAD 83

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North American Datum

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Meades Ranch Triangulation Station

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geodetic datum. In 1913, the datum was adopted across all of North America, and the system revised and formalized as the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27)...

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European Terrestrial Reference System 1989

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referenced to the same geodetic datum. A geographic coordinate transformation is a translation among different geodetic datums. Both geographic coordinate...

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49th parallel north

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from the geographical 49th parallel for the currently adopted datum, the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83). The Digital Chart of the World (DCW), which...

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National Spatial Reference System

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Reference System (NSRS). It will replace the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) with a new geometric...

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Earth ellipsoid

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Moscow. It is used in Australia for the Australian Geodetic Datum and in the South American Datum 1969. The GRS-80 (Geodetic Reference System 1980) as approved...

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Geodesy

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(vertical). These regional geodetic datums, such as ED 50 (European Datum 1950) or NAD 27 (North American Datum 1927), have ellipsoids associated with...

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Geographic information system

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data in latitude/longitude if the datum is the 'North American Datum of 1983' is denoted by 'GCS North American 1983'. While no digital model can be...

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Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system

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means current UTM northing at a given point can differ up to 200 meters from the old. For different geographic regions, other datum systems can be used...

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Figure of the Earth

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is greater than that of the north, which is corroborated by the South Pole's sea level being lower than that of the north. A pear-shaped Earth had first...

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Mile

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introduced in English-speaking countries, the basic geodetic datum in America was the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27). This had been constructed by triangulation...

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Military Grid Reference System

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is used for WGS84 and some other modern geodetic datums, the letter for the first row – just north of the equator – is A in odd-numbered zones, and F...

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List of geodesists

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Geographic point coord. 1983 NAD 83 North American Datum 1983 WGS 84 World Geodetic System 1984 NAVD 88 N. American Vertical Datum 1988 ETRS89 European Terrestrial...

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Longitude

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was soon in practical use for longitude determination, especially in North America, and over longer and longer distances as the telegraph network expanded...

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GPS signals

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Geoid

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harmonics generated with better data. Deflection of the vertical Geodetic datum Geopotential International Terrestrial Reference Frame Physical geodesy...

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