§ 14-405. Standards of Maryland Coordinate System
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MD Code, Real Property, § 14-405
§ 14-405. Standards of Maryland Coordinate System
(a) For the purpose of more precisely defining the Maryland Coordinate System, the standards of the National Geodetic Survey set out in this section are adopted.
(b)(1) The Maryland Coordinate System is a Lambert conic conformal projection of the Geodetic Reference System of 1980, having standard parallels at north latitudes 38 degrees 18' and 39 degrees 27', along which parallels the scale shall be exact.
(c) For the Maryland Coordinate System, the unit used to convert feet to meters is the United States survey foot, which is 39.37/12 feet for each meter.
(d) The position of the Maryland Coordinate System shall be as marked on the ground by triangulation or traverse stations established in conformity with the standards adopted by the National Geodetic Survey for first-order and second-order work, whose:
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Added by Acts 1997, c. 31, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997.
MD Code, Real Property, § 14-405, MD REAL PROP § 14-405
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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