§ 15-21-305 — Coordinates

(a) The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface to be used in expressing the position or location of such a point in the appropriate zone of the Arkansas Coordinate System 1983 shall consist of two (2) distances, expressed in meters and decimals of a meter. (b) One (1) of these distances, to be known as the "east(x)-coordinate", shall give the position in the east-and-west direction, and the other, to be known as the "north(y)-coordinate", shall give the position in a north-and-south direction. (c) These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to the coordinates on the Arkansas Coordinate System 1983 of the triangulation and traverse stations of the National Geodetic Survey within the State of Arkansas as those coordinates have been determined by the National Geodetic Survey. (d) (1) The official conversion for meters to feet shall be the United States survey foot. (2) (A) Meters shall be converted to United States survey feet by multiplying the number of meters by 39.37 and dividing that result by twelve (12). (B) One (1) meter shall equal 39.37 inches. (C) 3.280833333 United States survey feet are equal to one (1) meter.

Legislative History

Acts 1991, No. 861, § 3; 2005, No. 1826, § 1.