EPSG:7879

St. Helena Tritan

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: St. Helena Tritan

Datum: St. Helena Tritan

Ellipsoid: WGS 84

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: St. Helena Government, Environment and Natural Resources Directorate (ENRD).

Revision date: 2016-11-20

Scope: Engineering survey including Airport and Ruperts Wharf construction.

Remarks: Replaced by SHGD2015 (CRS code 7884) from 2015.

Area of use: St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - St Helena Island - onshore.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 3D CS (geocentric). Axes: geocentric X Y Z. Orientations: X and Y in equatorial plane, X positive through intersection with prime meridian, Y through 0°N 90°E. Z axis parallel to mean earth rotation axis and positive towards North Pole. UoM: m.

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Center coordinates
6103144.35 -611326.56

Projected bounds:
6098247.37 -625528.07
6107987.01 -597135.25

WGS84 bounds:
-5.85 -16.08
-5.59 -15.85

St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - St Helena Island - onshore.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

GEOCCS["St. Helena Tritan",
    DATUM["St_Helena_Tritan",
        SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","1173"]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AXIS["Geocentric X",OTHER],
    AXIS["Geocentric Y",OTHER],
    AXIS["Geocentric Z",NORTH],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","7879"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

GEODCRS["St. Helena Tritan",
    DATUM["St. Helena Tritan",
        ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    CS[Cartesian,3],
        AXIS["(X)",geocentricX,
            ORDER[1],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
        AXIS["(Y)",geocentricY,
            ORDER[2],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
        AXIS["(Z)",geocentricZ,
            ORDER[3],
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Engineering survey including Airport and Ruperts Wharf construction."],
        AREA["St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - St Helena Island - onshore."],
        BBOX[-16.08,-5.85,-15.85,-5.59]],
    ID["EPSG",7879]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=geocent +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:7879","+proj=geocent +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeodeticCRS",
    "name": "St. Helena Tritan",
    "datum": {
        "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
        "name": "St. Helena Tritan",
        "ellipsoid": {
            "name": "WGS 84",
            "semi_major_axis": 6378137,
            "inverse_flattening": 298.257223563
        }
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "Cartesian",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Geocentric X",
                "abbreviation": "X",
                "direction": "geocentricX",
                "unit": "metre"
            },
            {
                "name": "Geocentric Y",
                "abbreviation": "Y",
                "direction": "geocentricY",
                "unit": "metre"
            },
            {
                "name": "Geocentric Z",
                "abbreviation": "Z",
                "direction": "geocentricZ",
                "unit": "metre"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Engineering survey including Airport and Ruperts Wharf construction.",
    "area": "St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - St Helena Island - onshore.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": -16.08,
        "west_longitude": -5.85,
        "north_latitude": -15.85,
        "east_longitude": -5.59
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 7879
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

7879=GEOCCS["St. Helena Tritan",DATUM["St_Helena_Tritan",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","1173"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Geocentric X",OTHER],AXIS["Geocentric Y",OTHER],AXIS["Geocentric Z",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","7879"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=geocent"
	"ellps=WGS84"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=geocent +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=geocent +ellps=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 ( 7879, 'EPSG', 7879, '+proj=geocent +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'GEOCCS["St. Helena Tritan",DATUM["St_Helena_Tritan",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","1173"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Geocentric X",OTHER],AXIS["Geocentric Y",OTHER],AXIS["Geocentric Z",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","7879"]]');