California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 8874

Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 29.15. Effective January 1, 2006.

CGC83 latitude and longitude values shall be expressed in degrees, minutes, seconds, and decimals of a second, or degrees and decimals of a degree. CGC83 ellipsoid height values shall be expressed in meters and decimals of a meter or feet and decimals of a foot. When ellipsoid height values are expressed in feet, the “U.S. Survey Foot” (one foot equals 1200/3937 meters) shall be used as the standard foot. CGC83 Cartesian coordinate values shall be expressed in meters and decimals of a meter.

When CGC83 values are stated on any document, the unit of measure shall be clearly stated.

Cite this section

Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 8874 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/prc/division-8-surveying-and-mapping/chapter-4-california-geodetic-coordinates/section-8874

Other sections in Chapter 4 - California Geodetic Coordinates

§ 8870§ 8871§ 8872§ 8873§ 8874§ 8875§ 8876§ 8877§ 8878§ 8879§ 8880

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