EPSG
Brodzik, M. J., & Knowles, K. (2002). EASE-Grid: a versatile set of equal-area projections and grids. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/globalgrids-book/ease_grid
2006-12-14
Environmental science - used as basis for EASE grid.
See information source for equations to define Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid) overlay.
Lambert Cylindrical Equal Area (Spherical)
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
CONVERSION["US NSIDC Equal Area global projection", METHOD["Lambert Cylindrical Equal Area (Spherical)", ID["EPSG",9834]], PARAMETER["Latitude of 1st standard parallel",30, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8823]], PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8802]], PARAMETER["False easting",0, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8806]], PARAMETER["False northing",0, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8807]], ID["EPSG",19869]]
Definition: JSON
{ "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json", "type": "Conversion", "name": "US NSIDC Equal Area global projection", "method": { "name": "Lambert Cylindrical Equal Area (Spherical)", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 9834 } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "Latitude of 1st standard parallel", "value": 30, "unit": "degree", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8823 } }, { "name": "Longitude of natural origin", "value": 0, "unit": "degree", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8802 } }, { "name": "False easting", "value": 0, "unit": "metre", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8806 } }, { "name": "False northing", "value": 0, "unit": "metre", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8807 } } ], "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 19869 } }
Definition: Mapnik
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Map srs="+proj=cea +R_A +lat_ts=30 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0"> <Layer srs="+proj=cea +R_A +lat_ts=30 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0"> </Layer> </Map>
Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 19869, 'EPSG', 19869, '+proj=cea +R_A +lat_ts=30 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0', 'PROJECTION["Cylindrical_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",30],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0]');