EPSG:5608

IGLD 1955 height

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: IGLD 1955 height

Datum: International Great Lakes Datum 1955

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Coordinating Committee on Great Lakes Basic Hydraulic and Hydrologic Data

Revision date: 2021-05-13

Scope: Hydrology.

Remarks: Replaces several earlier systems. Replaced by IGLD 1985 (CRS code 5609).

Area of use: Canada and United States (USA) - Great Lakes basin and St Lawrence Seaway.

Coordinate system: Vertical CS. Axis: height (H). Orientation: up. UoM: m.

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Center coordinates
46.61 -73.96

Projected bounds:
40.99 -93.17
52.22 -54.75

WGS84 bounds:
-93.17 40.99
-54.75 52.22

Canada and United States (USA) - Great Lakes basin and St Lawrence Seaway.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

VERT_CS["IGLD 1955 height",
    VERT_DATUM["International Great Lakes Datum 1955",2005,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","5204"]],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AXIS["Gravity-related height",UP],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","5608"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

VERTCRS["IGLD 1955 height",
    VDATUM["International Great Lakes Datum 1955"],
    CS[vertical,1],
        AXIS["gravity-related height (H)",up,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Hydrology."],
        AREA["Canada and United States (USA) - Great Lakes basin and St Lawrence Seaway."],
        BBOX[40.99,-93.17,52.22,-54.75]],
    ID["EPSG",5608]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

VERTCS["IGLD_1955",
    VDATUM["International_Great_Lakes_Datum_1955"],
    PARAMETER["Vertical_Shift",0.0],
    PARAMETER["Direction",1.0],
    UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+vunits=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:5608","+vunits=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "VerticalCRS",
    "name": "IGLD 1955 height",
    "datum": {
        "type": "VerticalReferenceFrame",
        "name": "International Great Lakes Datum 1955"
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "vertical",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Gravity-related height",
                "abbreviation": "H",
                "direction": "up",
                "unit": "metre"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Hydrology.",
    "area": "Canada and United States (USA) - Great Lakes basin and St Lawrence Seaway.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 40.99,
        "west_longitude": -93.17,
        "north_latitude": 52.22,
        "east_longitude": -54.75
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 5608
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

5608=VERT_CS["IGLD 1955 height",VERT_DATUM["International Great Lakes Datum 1955",2005,AUTHORITY["EPSG","5204"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Gravity-related height",UP],AUTHORITY["EPSG","5608"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"vunits=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+vunits=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+vunits=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 5608, 'EPSG', 5608, '+vunits=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'VERT_CS["IGLD 1955 height",VERT_DATUM["International Great Lakes Datum 1955",2005,AUTHORITY["EPSG","5204"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Gravity-related height",UP],AUTHORITY["EPSG","5608"]]');