EPSG:10605

WGS 84 (G2296)

Attributes

Unit: degree (supplier to define representation)

Geodetic CRS: WGS 84 (G2296)

Datum: World Geodetic System 1984 (G2296)

Ellipsoid: WGS 84

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: "WGS 84 (G2296) Terrestrial Reference Frame Realization", NGA Office of Geomatics press release NGA-U-2023-02846 of 2024-01-02.

Revision date: 2025-03-01

Scope: Geodesy. Navigation and positioning using GPS satellite system.

Remarks: Replaces WGS 84 (G2139) (CRS code 9754) from 2024-01-07.

Area of use: World

Coordinate system: Ellipsoidal 3D CS. Axes: latitude, longitude, ellipsoidal height. Orientations: north, east, up. UoM: degree, degree, metre.

Center coordinates
0.0 0.0

Projected bounds:
-180.0 -90.0
180.0 90.0

WGS84 bounds:
-180.0 -90.0
180.0 90.0

World
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

GEOGCRS["WGS 84 (G2296)",
    DYNAMIC[
        FRAMEEPOCH[2024]],
    DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2296)",
        ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    CS[ellipsoidal,3],
        AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
            ORDER[1],
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
        AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
            ORDER[2],
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
        AXIS["ellipsoidal height (h)",up,
            ORDER[3],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Geodesy. Navigation and positioning using GPS satellite system."],
        AREA["World: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Andorra; Angola; Anguilla; Antarctica; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Aruba; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belgium; Belarus; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Bhutan; Bolivia; BES Islands - Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Bouvet Island; Brazil; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Brunei; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China; China - Hong Kong; China - Macao; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo DR (Zaire); Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast); Croatia; Cuba; Curacao; Cyprus; Czechia; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Timor; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Estonia; Eswatini (Swaziland); Ethiopia; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Faroe Islands; Fiji; Finland; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; French Southern Territories; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greece; Greenland; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; North Korea; South Korea; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Malta; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mexico; Micronesia; Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Montenegro; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar (Burma); Namibia; Nauru; Nepal; Netherlands; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Niue; Norfolk Island; North Macedonia; Northern Mariana Islands; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea (PNG); Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Pitcairn; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Qatar; Reunion; Romania; Russia; Rwanda; St Barthelemy; St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Maarten; St Martin; St Pierre and Miquelon; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; San Marino; Sao Tome and Principe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; South Sudan; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Türkiye (Turkey); Turkmenistan; Turks and Caicos Islands; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates (UAE); United Kingdom (UK); United States (USA); US Minor Outlying Islands; US Virgin Islands; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Vatican; Venezuela; Vietnam; Wallis and Futuna; Western Sahara; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe."],
        BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
    ID["EPSG",10605]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

GEOGCS["WGS_1984_(G2296)_(3D)",
    DATUM["World_Geodetic_System_1984_(G2296)",
        SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
    UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],
    LINUNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

proj4.defs("EPSG:10605","+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

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    "type": "GeographicCRS",
    "name": "WGS 84 (G2296)",
    "datum": {
        "type": "DynamicGeodeticReferenceFrame",
        "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G2296)",
        "frame_reference_epoch": 2024,
        "ellipsoid": {
            "name": "WGS 84",
            "semi_major_axis": 6378137,
            "inverse_flattening": 298.257223563
        }
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "ellipsoidal",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                "abbreviation": "Lat",
                "direction": "north",
                "unit": "degree"
            },
            {
                "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                "abbreviation": "Lon",
                "direction": "east",
                "unit": "degree"
            },
            {
                "name": "Ellipsoidal height",
                "abbreviation": "h",
                "direction": "up",
                "unit": "metre"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Geodesy. Navigation and positioning using GPS satellite system.",
    "area": "World: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Andorra; Angola; Anguilla; Antarctica; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Aruba; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belgium; Belarus; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Bhutan; Bolivia; BES Islands - Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Bouvet Island; Brazil; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Brunei; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China; China - Hong Kong; China - Macao; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo DR (Zaire); Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast); Croatia; Cuba; Curacao; Cyprus; Czechia; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Timor; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Estonia; Eswatini (Swaziland); Ethiopia; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Faroe Islands; Fiji; Finland; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; French Southern Territories; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greece; Greenland; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; North Korea; South Korea; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Malta; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mexico; Micronesia; Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Montenegro; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar (Burma); Namibia; Nauru; Nepal; Netherlands; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Niue; Norfolk Island; North Macedonia; Northern Mariana Islands; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea (PNG); Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Pitcairn; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Qatar; Reunion; Romania; Russia; Rwanda; St Barthelemy; St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Maarten; St Martin; St Pierre and Miquelon; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; San Marino; Sao Tome and Principe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; South Sudan; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Türkiye (Turkey); Turkmenistan; Turks and Caicos Islands; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates (UAE); United Kingdom (UK); United States (USA); US Minor Outlying Islands; US Virgin Islands; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Vatican; Venezuela; Vietnam; Wallis and Futuna; Western Sahara; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": -90,
        "west_longitude": -180,
        "north_latitude": 90,
        "east_longitude": 180
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 10605
    }
}

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=longlat"
	"ellps=WGS84"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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	<Layer srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +no_defs +type=crs">
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