Oil and gas exploration and production.
Adopted during the 1980s by western operators of all SCS licence areas. See map projection remarks for ambiguity in definition.
China - offshore South China Sea - Pearl River basin.
Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
Definition: OGC Well Known Text
PROJCS["WGS 72BE / South China Sea Lambert", GEOGCS["WGS 72BE", DATUM["WGS_72_Transit_Broadcast_Ephemeris", SPHEROID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26], TOWGS84[0,0,-2.6,0,0,0.26,-0.6063]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]], UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","4324"]], PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"], PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",21], PARAMETER["central_meridian",114], PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",18], PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",24], PARAMETER["false_easting",500000], PARAMETER["false_northing",500000], UNIT["metre",1, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]], AXIS["Easting",EAST], AXIS["Northing",NORTH], AUTHORITY["EPSG","3415"]]
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
BOUNDCRS[ SOURCECRS[ PROJCRS["WGS 72BE / South China Sea Lambert", BASEGEOGCRS["WGS 72BE", DYNAMIC[ FRAMEEPOCH[1972]], DATUM["WGS 72 Transit Broadcast Ephemeris", ELLIPSOID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], ID["EPSG",4324]], CONVERSION["South China Sea Lambert", METHOD["Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)", ID["EPSG",9802]], PARAMETER["Latitude of false origin",21, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8821]], PARAMETER["Longitude of false origin",114, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8822]], PARAMETER["Latitude of 1st standard parallel",18, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8823]], PARAMETER["Latitude of 2nd standard parallel",24, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8824]], PARAMETER["Easting at false origin",500000, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8826]], PARAMETER["Northing at false origin",500000, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8827]]], CS[Cartesian,2], AXIS["(E)",east, ORDER[1], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], AXIS["(N)",north, ORDER[2], LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Oil and gas exploration and production."], AREA["China - offshore South China Sea - Pearl River basin."], BBOX[18.31,110.13,22.89,116.76]], ID["EPSG",3415]]], TARGETCRS[ GEOGCRS["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)"], ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]], ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], CS[ellipsoidal,2], AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north, ORDER[1], ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east, ORDER[2], ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."], AREA["World."], BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]], ID["EPSG",4326]]], ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation from unknown to WGS84", METHOD["Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)", ID["EPSG",9606]], PARAMETER["X-axis translation",0, ID["EPSG",8605]], PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",0, ID["EPSG",8606]], PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",-2.6, ID["EPSG",8607]], PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",0, ID["EPSG",8608]], PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",0, ID["EPSG",8609]], PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0.26, ID["EPSG",8610]], PARAMETER["Scale difference",0.9999993937, ID["EPSG",8611]]]]
Definition: ESRI Well Known Text
PROJCS["WGS_1972_BE_South_China_Sea_Lambert", GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1972_BE", DATUM["D_WGS_1972_BE", SPHEROID["WGS_1972",6378135.0,298.26]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0], UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]], PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"], PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0], PARAMETER["False_Northing",500000.0], PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",114.0], PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",18.0], PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",24.0], PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",21.0], UNIT["Meter",1.0]]
Definition: JSON
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Definition: GeoServer
3415=PROJCS["WGS 72BE / South China Sea Lambert",GEOGCS["WGS 72BE",DATUM["WGS_72_Transit_Broadcast_Ephemeris",SPHEROID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26],TOWGS84[0,0,-2.6,0,0,0.26,-0.6063]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4324"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",21],PARAMETER["central_meridian",114],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",18],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",24],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",500000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3415"]]
Definition: Mapnik
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Map srs="+proj=lcc +lat_0=21 +lon_0=114 +lat_1=18 +lat_2=24 +x_0=500000 +y_0=500000 +ellps=WGS72 +towgs84=0,0,-2.6,0,0,0.26,-0.6063 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs"> <Layer srs="+proj=lcc +lat_0=21 +lon_0=114 +lat_1=18 +lat_2=24 +x_0=500000 +y_0=500000 +ellps=WGS72 +towgs84=0,0,-2.6,0,0,0.26,-0.6063 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs"> </Layer> </Map>
Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 3415, 'EPSG', 3415, '+proj=lcc +lat_0=21 +lon_0=114 +lat_1=18 +lat_2=24 +x_0=500000 +y_0=500000 +ellps=WGS72 +towgs84=0,0,-2.6,0,0,0.26,-0.6063 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'PROJCS["WGS 72BE / South China Sea Lambert",GEOGCS["WGS 72BE",DATUM["WGS_72_Transit_Broadcast_Ephemeris",SPHEROID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26],TOWGS84[0,0,-2.6,0,0,0.26,-0.6063]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4324"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",21],PARAMETER["central_meridian",114],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",18],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",24],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",500000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3415"]]');