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Public Resources Code § 8804

CHAPTER 1. California Coordinate System

Current as of September 28, 2026Pub. Resources Code, § 8804Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 611, Sec. 4.

Zone 2 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 2 or CCS83, Zone 2.”

On their respective spheroids of reference: (1) the standard parallels of CCS27, Zone 2 and CCS83, Zone 2 are at north latitudes 38 degrees 20 minutes and 39 degrees 50 minutes, along which parallels the scale shall be exact; and (2) the point of control of coordinates is at the intersection of the zone’s central meridian, which is at 122 degrees 00 minutes west longitude, with the parallel 37 degrees 40 minutes north latitude.