metre
Hydrography and nautical charting.
None
Northern hemisphere - north of 60°N onshore and offshore, including Arctic.
Data Source: EPSG v11.016 2024-08-31
Datum: World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble
Coordinate System: cartesian
Projection: IBCAO Polar Stereographic
Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
PROJCRS["WGS 84 / IBCAO Polar Stereographic",
BASEGEOGCRS["WGS 84",
ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2296)"],
ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
ID["EPSG",4326]],
CONVERSION["IBCAO Polar Stereographic",
METHOD["Polar Stereographic (variant B)",
ID["EPSG",9829]],
PARAMETER["Latitude of standard parallel",75,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8832]],
PARAMETER["Longitude of origin",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8833]],
PARAMETER["False easting",0,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8806]],
PARAMETER["False northing",0,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8807]]],
CS[Cartesian,2],
AXIS["easting (X)",south,
MERIDIAN[90,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
ORDER[1],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
AXIS["northing (Y)",south,
MERIDIAN[180,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
ORDER[2],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
USAGE[
SCOPE["Hydrography and nautical charting."],
AREA["Northern hemisphere - north of 60°N onshore and offshore, including Arctic."],
BBOX[60,-180,90,180]],
ID["EPSG",3996]]
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},
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},
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}
},
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}
}
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"abbreviation": "Lat",
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"unit": "degree"
},
{
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"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
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},
"id": {
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},
"unit": "metre"
},
{
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},
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},
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