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  2. State Plane Coordinate System - Wikipedia

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    The State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS) is a set of 125 geographic zones or coordinate systems designed for specific regions of the United States. Each U.S. state contains one or more state plane zones, the boundaries of which usually follow county lines. There are 108 zones in the contiguous United States, with 10 more in Alaska, five in ...

  3. Lambert conformal conic projection - Wikipedia

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    A Lambert conformal conic projection (LCC) is a conic map projection used for aeronautical charts, portions of the State Plane Coordinate System, and many national and regional mapping systems. It is one of seven projections introduced by Johann Heinrich Lambert in his 1772 publication Anmerkungen und Zusätze zur Entwerfung der Land- und ...

  4. United States National Grid - Wikipedia

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    In the first half of the 20th century, State Plane Coordinate Systems (SPCS) brought the simplicity and convenience of Cartesian coordinates to state-level areas, providing high accuracy (low distortion) survey-grade coordinates for use primarily by state and local governments. (Both of these planar systems remain in use today for specialized ...

  5. Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania (/ ˌ p ɛ n s ɪ l ˈ v eɪ n i ə / ⓘ PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə, lit. ' Penn's forest country '), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [b] (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie), [7] is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

  6. Allegheny Portage Railroad - Wikipedia

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    April 01, 1947 [3] The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania. It operated from 1834 to 1854 as the first transportation infrastructure through the gaps of the Allegheny that connected the midwest to the eastern seaboard across the barrier range of the Allegheny Front.

  7. List of tripoints of U.S. states - Wikipedia

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    Connecticut–Rhode Island–Massachusetts tripoint marker. New Jersey–New York–Pennsylvania tripoint marker. Indiana–Michigan–Ohio tripoint marker. Colorado–Kansas–Oklahoma tripoint marker (8 Mile Corner) Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma tripoint marker. State 1.

  8. Module:Location map/data/USA Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Module:Location map/data/USA Pennsylvania is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.

  9. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    September 23, 1946 [7] Harrisburg (/ ˈhærɪsˌbɜːrɡ /, Pennsylvania German: Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,099 as of 2020, Harrisburg is the ninth-most populous city in Pennsylvania. It is the larger principal city of the Harrisburg ...