EPSG:115

Geocentric X

Attributes

Unit: metre

Data source: EPSG

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2016-12-15

Orientation: geocentricX

Abbreviation: X

Axis order: 1..

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.

Description: First axis of a right-handed earth centered 3D Cartesian coordinate system; lies in the equatorial plane such that a vector pointing in the direction of the positive X is in the plane of the international meridian.

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