EPSG:5721

NGF-IGN78 height

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NGF-IGN78 height

Datum: Nivellement General de la France - IGN78

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Conseil National de l'Information Geographique groupe de travail "Reseaux de Nivellement" recommendations v5.1 April 1994

Revision date: 2022-06-21

Scope: Geodesy, engineering survey.

Remarks: Replaces NGC 1948 height (CRS code 5791).

Area of use: France - Corsica onshore.

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

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Center coordinates
42.19 9.07

Projected bounds:
41.31 8.5
43.07 9.63

WGS84 bounds:
8.5 41.31
9.63 43.07

France - Corsica onshore.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

VERT_CS["NGF-IGN78 height",
    VERT_DATUM["Nivellement General de la France - IGN78",2005,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","5120"]],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AXIS["Gravity-related height",UP],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","5721"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

VERTCRS["NGF-IGN78 height",
    VDATUM["Nivellement General de la France - IGN78"],
    CS[vertical,1],
        AXIS["gravity-related height (H)",up,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    USAGE[
        SCOPE["Geodesy, engineering survey."],
        AREA["France - Corsica onshore."],
        BBOX[41.31,8.5,43.07,9.63]],
    ID["EPSG",5721]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

VERTCS["NGF_IGN78",
    VDATUM["Nivellement_General_de_la_France_IGN78"],
    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:5721","+vunits=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "VerticalCRS",
    "name": "NGF-IGN78 height",
    "datum": {
        "type": "VerticalReferenceFrame",
        "name": "Nivellement General de la France - IGN78"
    },
    "coordinate_system": {
        "subtype": "vertical",
        "axis": [
            {
                "name": "Gravity-related height",
                "abbreviation": "H",
                "direction": "up",
                "unit": "metre"
            }
        ]
    },
    "scope": "Geodesy, engineering survey.",
    "area": "France - Corsica onshore.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": 41.31,
        "west_longitude": 8.5,
        "north_latitude": 43.07,
        "east_longitude": 9.63
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 5721
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

5721=VERT_CS["NGF-IGN78 height",VERT_DATUM["Nivellement General de la France - IGN78",2005,AUTHORITY["EPSG","5120"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Gravity-related height",UP],AUTHORITY["EPSG","5721"]]

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 ( 5721, 'EPSG', 5721, '+vunits=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'VERT_CS["NGF-IGN78 height",VERT_DATUM["Nivellement General de la France - IGN78",2005,AUTHORITY["EPSG","5120"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Gravity-related height",UP],AUTHORITY["EPSG","5721"]]');