Unit: metre
Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
Datum: World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble
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: 2020-03-14
Scope: Environmental science - used as basis for EASE grid.
Remarks: Supersedes NSIDC EASE-Grid Global, CRS code 3410. This ellipsoidal development is to be preferred for new data.
Area of use: World between 86°S and 86°N.
Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (X,Y). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.
Center coordinates
0.0 0.0
Projected bounds:
-17357881.82 -7324184.56
17357881.82 7324184.56
WGS84 bounds:
-180.0 -86.0
180.0 86.0
Definition: Well Known Text (WKT)
PROJCS["WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global", GEOGCS["WGS 84", DATUM["WGS_1984", SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0], UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]], PROJECTION["Cylindrical_Equal_Area"], PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",30], PARAMETER["central_meridian",0], PARAMETER["false_easting",0], PARAMETER["false_northing",0], UNIT["metre",1], AXIS["Easting",EAST], AXIS["Northing",NORTH], AUTHORITY["EPSG","6933"]]
Definition: ESRI WKT
PROJCS["WGS_1984_EASE-Grid_2.0_Global",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Behrmann"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",30.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]
Definition: JSON
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Definition: GeoServer
6933=PROJCS["WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Cylindrical_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",30],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6933"]]
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 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs"> <Layer srs="+proj=cea +lat_ts=30 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs"> </Layer> </Map>
Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 6933, 'EPSG', 6933, '+proj=cea +lat_ts=30 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'PROJCS["WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Cylindrical_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",30],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6933"]]');
Definition: OGC WKT
PROJCS["WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Cylindrical_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",30],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6933"]]
Definition: OGC WKT 2 (2019)
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