North American Datum of 1927

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The North American Datum of 1927 is a geodetic reference system that long served as the standard coordinate framework for mapping and surveying in North America before being superseded by more modern datums.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geodetic datum
geodetic reference system
horizontal datum
abbreviation NAD27
basis classical ground-based triangulation networks
category cartography
geodesy
geographic information systems
centeredOn North American continent
linked to: North America
continentUsedIn North America
coordinateDifferencesMagnitude tens of meters
coordinateDifferencesRelativeTo NAD83
coordinateSystemDimension 2D horizontal
coordinateSystemType geodetic coordinate system
datumType local datum
definedBy U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
ellipsoid Clarke 1866
epoch 1927
governingBodyForTransitionInUS National Geodetic Survey
hasManyLocalAdjustments true
introducedInYear 1927
notEarthCentered true
predecessorOf North American Datum of 1983
realizationOf Clarke 1866 ellipsoid
referencePoint Meades Ranch triangulation station
referencePointCountry United States
referencePointLocation Kansas
replacedInUSBy NAD83
status obsolete for most official uses
stillUsedFor historical GIS datasets
legacy mapping data
supersededBy NAD83
North American Datum of 1983
timePeriodOfPrimaryUse 20th century
usedFor cadastral surveys
engineering surveys
land surveying
mapping
topographic mapping
usedInCountry Canada
Caribbean countries
Central American countries
Greenland
Mexico
United States
usedWithMapProjections Albers Equal-Area Conic
Lambert Conformal Conic
Transverse Mercator

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North American Datum of 1983 replaced North American Datum of 1927
California State Route 1 (within district boundaries) coordinateSystem North American Datum (for engineering and mapping)
linked to: North American Datum of 1927
Huntington quadrangle datum North American Datum 1927
linked to: North American Datum of 1927
North American Datum of 1927 abbreviation NAD27
linked to: North American Datum of 1927
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 relatedTo North American Datum of 1927