Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 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:
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5502
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
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.
45 Del. Laws, c. 266, § ?3; 6 Del. C. 1953, § ?5502; 72 Del. Laws, c. 95, § ?1;