EPSG:5903

EPSG Greenland Polar Stereographic

Attributes

Data source: EPSG

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2012-11-24

Scope: Arctic small scale mapping - Greenland-centred.

Method: Polar Stereographic (variant A)

Area of use: Northern hemisphere - north of 60°N onshore and offshore, including Arctic.

Description: (0,)

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],
PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",90],
PARAMETER["central_meridian",-33],
PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.994],
PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],
PARAMETER["false_northing",2000000]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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]],
    ID["EPSG",5903]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJECTION["Stereographic"],
PARAMETER["False_Easting",2000000.0],
PARAMETER["False_Northing",2000000.0],
PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-33.0],
PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.994],
PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",90.0]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=stere +lat_0=90 +lon_0=-33 +k=0.994 +x_0=2000000 +y_0=2000000

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:5903","+proj=stere +lat_0=90 +lon_0=-33 +k=0.994 +x_0=2000000 +y_0=2000000");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "Conversion",
    "name": "EPSG Greenland Polar Stereographic",
    "method": {
        "name": "Polar Stereographic (variant A)",
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 9810
        }
    },
    "parameters": [
        {
            "name": "Latitude of natural origin",
            "value": 90,
            "unit": "degree",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8801
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Longitude of natural origin",
            "value": -33,
            "unit": "degree",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8802
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Scale factor at natural origin",
            "value": 0.994,
            "unit": "unity",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8805
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "False easting",
            "value": 2000000,
            "unit": "metre",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8806
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "False northing",
            "value": 2000000,
            "unit": "metre",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 8807
            }
        }
    ],
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 5903
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

5903=PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",90],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-33],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.994],PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],PARAMETER["false_northing",2000000]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=stere"
	"lat_0=90"
	"lon_0=-33"
	"k=0.994"
	"x_0=2000000"
	"y_0=2000000"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=stere +lat_0=90 +lon_0=-33 +k=0.994 +x_0=2000000 +y_0=2000000">
	<Layer srs="+proj=stere +lat_0=90 +lon_0=-33 +k=0.994 +x_0=2000000 +y_0=2000000">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 5903, 'EPSG', 5903, '+proj=stere +lat_0=90 +lon_0=-33 +k=0.994 +x_0=2000000 +y_0=2000000', 'PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",90],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-33],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.994],PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],PARAMETER["false_northing",2000000]');