EPSG:4055 DEPRECATED

Popular Visualisation CRS

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Available transformations
to EPSG:4326
No other targets exist for this CRS

Selected transformation

Method: Geocentric translations (geog2D domain)

Remarks: Executes change of sphere/ellipsoid

Information source: OGP

Revision date: 2008-03-14

Attributes

Unit: degree (supplier to define representation)

Geodetic CRS: Popular Visualisation CRS

Datum: Popular Visualisation Datum

Ellipsoid: Popular Visualisation Sphere

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Microsoft.

Revision date: 2008-03-13

Scope: Web mapping and visualisation.

Remarks: Some applications erroneously call this WGS 84. It uses a sphere with a radius having the same value as the semi-major axis of the WGS 84 ellipsoid. There is no geodetic recognition of this system.

Area of use: World.

Coordinate system: Ellipsoidal 2D CS. Axes: latitude, longitude. Orientations: north, east. UoM: degree

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Center coordinates
0.0 0.0

WGS84 bounds:
-180.0 -90.0
180.0 90.0

World.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

GEOGCS["Popular Visualisation CRS",
    DATUM["Popular_Visualisation_Datum",
        SPHEROID["Popular Visualisation Sphere",6378137,0],
        TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4055"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

GEOGCRS["Popular Visualisation CRS",
    DATUM["Popular Visualisation Datum",
        ELLIPSOID["Popular Visualisation Sphere",6378137,0,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    CS[ellipsoidal,2],
        AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
            ORDER[1],
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
        AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
            ORDER[2],
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Web mapping and visualisation."],
        AREA["World."],
        BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
    ID["EPSG",4055]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984_Major_Auxiliary_Sphere",
    DATUM["D_WGS_1984_Major_Auxiliary_Sphere",
        SPHEROID["WGS_1984_Major_Auxiliary_Sphere",6378137.0,0.0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
    UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=longlat +R=6378137 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:4055","+proj=longlat +R=6378137 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeographicCRS",
    "name": "Popular Visualisation CRS",
    "datum": {
        "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
        "name": "Popular Visualisation Datum",
        "ellipsoid": {
            "name": "Popular Visualisation Sphere",
            "radius": 6378137
        }
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "ellipsoidal",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                "abbreviation": "Lat",
                "direction": "north",
                "unit": "degree"
            },
            {
                "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                "abbreviation": "Lon",
                "direction": "east",
                "unit": "degree"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Web mapping and visualisation.",
    "area": "World.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": -90,
        "west_longitude": -180,
        "north_latitude": 90,
        "east_longitude": 180
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 4055
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

4055=GEOGCS["Popular Visualisation CRS",DATUM["Popular_Visualisation_Datum",SPHEROID["Popular Visualisation Sphere",6378137,0],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4055"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=longlat"
	"R=6378137"
	"towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=longlat +R=6378137 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=longlat +R=6378137 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 4055, 'EPSG', 4055, '+proj=longlat +R=6378137 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs +type=crs', 'GEOGCS["Popular Visualisation CRS",DATUM["Popular_Visualisation_Datum",SPHEROID["Popular Visualisation Sphere",6378137,0],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4055"]]');