EPSG:5070, NAD83 / Conus Albers
NAD83 / Conus Albers, the equal-area projection of the contiguous United States used by USGS for national datasets such as the National Land Cover Database.
Parameters
Read from the PROJ definition the converter above runs.
- Projection
- Albers equal-area conic
- Ellipsoid
- GRS 1980
- Shift to WGS 84
- None in this definition: the datum sits within two metres of WGS 84
- Central meridian
- -96°
- Latitude of origin
- 23°
- Standard parallels
- 29.5°, 45.5°
- False easting
- 0 m
- False northing
- 0 m
- Units
- metres
PROJ definition
+proj=aea +lat_0=23 +lon_0=-96 +lat_1=29.5 +lat_2=45.5 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs
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What is EPSG:5070?
NAD83 / Conus Albers, the equal-area projection of the contiguous United States used by USGS for national datasets such as the National Land Cover Database.
What are the units and axis order of EPSG:5070?
Metres, counted from a false origin of 0 m east and 0 m north. Most GIS software writes easting first, then northing; check the order of your source data when a point lands in the wrong place.
How do I use EPSG:5070 in QGIS?
To show the map in it: Project > Properties > CRS, search 5070. To save a layer in it: right-click the layer, Export > Save Features As, and pick EPSG:5070. Set Layer CRS only labels a file whose system is missing; it does not move the data.
Is EPSG:5070 the same as WGS 84?
Nearly: its datum sits within two metres of WGS 84, so the converter applies no shift between them. For survey-grade work, use the official transformation of the national mapping agency.