2016 California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 8 - SURVEYING AND MAPPING
CHAPTER 1 - California Coordinate System
Section 8801.

8801. (a) The system of plane coordinates that has been established by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the State of California is based on the North American Datum of 1927 and is identified as the California Coordinate System. After January 1, 1987, this system shall be known as the California Coordinate System of 1927.

(b) The system of plane coordinates which has been established by the National Geodetic Survey for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the State of California and which is based on the North American Datum of 1983 shall be known as the California Coordinate System of 1983.

(c) As used in this chapter:

(1) NAD27 means the North American Datum of 1927.

(2) CCS27 means the California Coordinate System of 1927.

(3) NAD83 means the North American Datum of 1983.

(4) CCS83 means the California Coordinate System of 1983.

(5) USC&GS means the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

(6) NGS means the National Geodetic Survey or its successor.

(7) FGCS means the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee or its successor.

(8) CSRC means the California Spatial Reference Center or its successor.

(9) CSRN means the California Spatial Reference Network, as defined by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8850), Geodetic Datums and the California Spatial Reference Network.

(10) GPS means Global Positioning System and includes other, similar space-based systems.

(11) FGDC means the Federal Geographic Data Committee or its successor.

(d) The use of the term State Plane Coordinates refers only to CCS27 and CCS83 coordinates.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 29.2. Effective January 1, 2006.)