Del. Code tit. 6 § 5502

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 364

Section 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 = 0 feet.

(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.

6 Del. C. § 5502

45 Del. Laws, c. 266, § 3; 6 Del. C. 1953, § 5502; 72 Del. Laws, c. 95, § 1.;