2014 Delaware Code
Title 6 - Commerce and Trade
CHAPTER 55. PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM
§ 5502. Definition of Delaware Coordinate System
(a) For defining the Delaware Coordinate System of 1927, the following definition by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey (formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey) is adopted:
The "Delaware Coordinate System of 1927'' is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having a central position meridian 75° 25' west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at 1 part in 200,000 too small. The origin of the coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 75° 25' west of Greenwich and the parallel 38° 20' north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y
(b) For defining the Delaware Coordinate System of 1983, the following definition by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic survey is adopted:
The "Delaware Coordinate System of 1983'' is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian 75° 25' west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at 1 part in 200,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 75° 25' west of Greenwich and the parallel 38° 00' north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: N = 0 meters and E = 200,000 meters.
45 Del. Laws, c. 266, § 3; 6 Del. C. 1953, § 5502; 72 Del. Laws, c. 95, § 1.;
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