EPSG:6928

US NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global

Attributes

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Brodzik, M. J., B. Billingsley, T. Haran, B. Raup, M. H. Savoie. 2014. EASE-Grid 2.0: Incremental but Significant Improvements for Earth-Gridded Data Sets. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2012, 1, 32-45 & correction in 2014, 3, 1154-1156.

Revision date: 2014-11-21

Scope: Environmental science - used as basis for EASE grid.

Method: Lambert Cylindrical Equal Area

Area of use: World between 86°S and 86°N.

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJECTION["Cylindrical_Equal_Area"],
PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",30],
PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],
PARAMETER["false_easting",0],
PARAMETER["false_northing",0]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

CONVERSION["US NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global",
    METHOD["Lambert Cylindrical Equal Area",
        ID["EPSG",9835]],
    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",6928]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJECTION["Behrmann"],
PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],
PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],
PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],
PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",30.0]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=cea +lat_ts=30 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:6928","+proj=cea +lat_ts=30 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "Conversion",
    "name": "US NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global",
    "method": {
        "name": "Lambert Cylindrical Equal Area",
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 9835
        }
    },
    "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": 6928
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

6928=PROJECTION["Cylindrical_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",30],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=cea"
	"lat_ts=30"
	"lon_0=0"
	"x_0=0"
	"y_0=0"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=cea +lat_ts=30 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0">
	<Layer srs="+proj=cea +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 ( 6928, 'EPSG', 6928, '+proj=cea +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]');