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One of these distances, to be known as the “x-coordinate,” shall give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the “y-coordinate,” shall give the position in a north-and-south direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to the coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Ocean Service\/National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Virginia coordinate system.\n\t\tWhen converting coordinates in the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983 or the Virginia Coordinate System of 2022 from meters and decimals of a meter to feet and decimals of a foot, the International foot conversion factor (one foot equals 0.3048 meters) shall be used. The plat or plan shall contain a statement of the conversion factor used and the coordinate values of a minimum of two project points in feet.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":279527,"text":"The plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of these systems, shall be expressed in international feet and decimals of a foot. One of these distances, to be known as the “x-coordinate,” shall give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the “y-coordinate,” shall give the position in a north-and-south direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to the coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Ocean Service\/National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1992, chapter 1; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2025, chapters 91<\/a> and 109<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143281,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77957,"identifier":"1-603","token":"1\/6\/1-603","url":"\/1-603\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-603\/","token":"1\/6\/1-603","dublin_core":{"Title":"(For contingent effective date, see Acts 2025, cc. 91 and 109, cl. 2) Plane coordinates used in systems","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-603","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of these systems, shall be expressed in international feet and decimals of a foot. One of these distances, to be known as the “x-coordinate,” shall give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the “y-coordinate,” shall give the position in a north-and-south direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to the coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Ocean Service\/National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Virginia coordinate system.\n\t\tWhen converting coordinates in the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983 or the Virginia Coordinate System of 2022 from meters and decimals of a meter to feet and decimals of a foot, the International foot conversion factor (one foot equals 0.3048 meters) shall be used. The plat or plan shall contain a statement of the conversion factor used and the coordinate values of a minimum of two project points in feet.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(FOR CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE, SEE ACTS 2025, CC. 91 AND 109, CL. 2) PLANE\nCOORDINATES USED IN SYSTEMS (\u00a7 1-603)\n\nThe plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in\nexpressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of\nthese systems, shall be expressed in international feet and decimals of a foot.\nOne of these distances, to be known as the “x-coordinate,” shall\ngive the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the\n“y-coordinate,” shall give the position in a north-and-south\ndirection. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to the\ncoordinate values for the monumented points of the North American Horizontal\nGeodetic Control Network as published by the National Ocean Service\/National\nGeodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been\ncomputed on the systems defined in this chapter. Any such station may be used\nfor establishing a survey connection to either Virginia coordinate system.\n\t\tWhen converting coordinates in the Virginia Coordinate System of 1983 or the\nVirginia Coordinate System of 2022 from meters and decimals of a meter to feet\nand decimals of a foot, the International foot conversion factor (one foot\nequals 0.3048 meters) shall be used. The plat or plan shall contain a statement\nof the conversion factor used and the coordinate values of a minimum of two\nproject points in feet.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 167; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 2849(3); Code 1950, \u00a7 55-290;\n1984, c. 726; 1992, c. 1; 2019, c. 712; 2025, cc. 91, 109.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}