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The geodetic position of stations defining the position of the Virginia Coordinate System of 1927 shall have been rigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1927, and the plane coordinates shall have been computed on the Virginia Coordinate System of 1927. The geodetic position of stations defining the position of the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983 shall have been rigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1983, and the plane coordinates shall have been computed on the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection with the Virginia coordinate systems.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1287370,"text":"The position of the Virginia coordinate systems shall be as marked on the ground by triangulation or traverse stations established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications for first-order and second-order geodetic surveying as prepared and published by the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee of the Federal Geographic Data Committee of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The geodetic position of stations defining the position of the Virginia Coordinate System of 1927 shall have been rigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1927, and the plane coordinates shall have been computed on the Virginia Coordinate System of 1927. The geodetic position of stations defining the position of the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983 shall have been rigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1983, and the plane coordinates shall have been computed on the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 726; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370295,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345306,"identifier":"1-606","token":"1\/6\/1-606","url":"\/1-606\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-606\/","token":"1\/6\/1-606","dublin_core":{"Title":"(For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2025, cc. 91 and 109, cl. 2) Position of systems","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-606","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The position of the Virginia coordinate systems shall be as marked on the ground by triangulation or traverse stations established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications for first-order<\/span> and second-order<\/span> geodetic surveying as prepared and published by the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee of the Federal Geographic Data Committee of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The geodetic position of stations defining the position of the Virginia Coordinate System of 1927 shall have been rigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1927, and the plane coordinates shall have been computed on the Virginia Coordinate System of 1927. The geodetic position of stations defining the position of the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983 shall have been rigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1983, and the plane coordinates shall have been computed on the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection with the Virginia coordinate systems.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(FOR CONTINGENT EXPIRATION DATE, SEE ACTS 2025, CC. 91 AND 109, CL. 2) POSITION\nOF SYSTEMS (\u00a7 1-606)\n\nThe position of the Virginia coordinate systems shall be as marked on the ground\nby triangulation or traverse stations established in conformity with the\nstandards of accuracy and specifications for first-order and second-order\ngeodetic surveying as prepared and published by the Federal Geodetic Control\nSubcommittee of the Federal Geographic Data Committee of the U.S. Department of\nCommerce. The geodetic position of stations defining the position of the\nVirginia Coordinate System of 1927 shall have been rigidly adjusted on the North\nAmerican Datum of 1927, and the plane coordinates shall have been computed on\nthe Virginia Coordinate System of 1927. The geodetic position of stations\ndefining the position of the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983 shall have been\nrigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1983, and the plane coordinates\nshall have been computed on the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983. Any such\nstation may be used for establishing a survey connection with the Virginia\ncoordinate systems.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 168; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 2849(5); Code 1950, \u00a7 55-293;\n1984, c. 726; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}