2017 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title I - THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter 1-A - NEW HAMPSHIRE COORDINATE SYSTEM
Section 1-A:1 - Definitions.

Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 1-A:1 (2017)
    1-A:1 Definitions. – In this chapter:
    I. "The New Hampshire coordinate system of 1927'', as defined by the former United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, means a transverse mercator projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having a standard meridian at 71%A140%2C along which meridian the scale shall be one part in 30,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the said meridian 70%A140%2C west of Greenwich and the parallel 42%A130%2C north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y = 0 feet.
    II. "The New Hampshire coordinate system of 1983'', as defined by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey, means a transverse mercator projection of the North American datum of 1983, having a standard meridian at 71%A140%2C along which meridian the scale shall be one part in 30,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the said meridian 71%A140%2C west of Greenwich and the parallel 42%A130%2C north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 300,000 meters and y = 0 meters.

Source. 1985, 216:1, eff. July 30, 1985.

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