metre
Arctic small scale mapping - Greenland-centred.
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: EPSG Greenland Polar Stereographic
Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
PROJCRS["WGS 84 / EPSG Greenland 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["EPSG Greenland Polar Stereographic",
METHOD["Polar Stereographic (variant A)",
ID["EPSG",9810]],
PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",90,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8801]],
PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-33,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8802]],
PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.994,
SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
ID["EPSG",8805]],
PARAMETER["False easting",2000000,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8806]],
PARAMETER["False northing",2000000,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8807]]],
CS[Cartesian,2],
AXIS["easting (X)",south,
MERIDIAN[57,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
ORDER[1],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
AXIS["northing (Y)",south,
MERIDIAN[147,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
ORDER[2],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
USAGE[
SCOPE["Arctic small scale mapping - Greenland-centred."],
AREA["Northern hemisphere - north of 60°N onshore and offshore, including Arctic."],
BBOX[60,-180,90,180]],
ID["EPSG",5938]]
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