EPSG:7059 DEPRECATED

Popular Visualisation Sphere

Attributes

Unit: metre

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Microsoft.

Revision date: 2008-03-14

Remarks: Sphere with radius equal to the semi-major axis of the GRS80 and WGS 84 ellipsoids. Used only for Web approximate mapping and visualisation. Not recognised by geodetic authorities.

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

SPHEROID["Popular Visualisation Sphere",6378137,0,
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","7059"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

ELLIPSOID["Popular Visualisation Sphere",6378137,0,
    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
    ID["EPSG",7059]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

SPHEROID["WGS_1984_Major_Auxiliary_Sphere",6378137.0,0.0]

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "Ellipsoid",
    "name": "Popular Visualisation Sphere",
    "radius": 6378137,
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 7059
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

7059-ellipsoid=SPHEROID["Popular Visualisation Sphere",6378137,0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7059"]]