EPSG:6760

World Geodetic System 1966

Attributes

Ellipsoid: NWL 9D

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: US DMA/NIMA/NGA

Revision date: 2020-08-31

Scope: Geodesy.

Remarks: A worldwide 5° × 5° mean free air gravity anomaly field provided the basic data for producing the WGS 66 gravimetric geoid. Replaced by WGS 72.

Area of use: World.

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WGS84 bounds:
179.9 -85.0
-179.9 85.0

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

DATUM["World_Geodetic_System_1966",
    SPHEROID["NWL 9D",6378145,298.25,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","7025"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","6760"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

DYNAMIC[
    FRAMEEPOCH[1966]],
DATUM["World Geodetic System 1966",
    ELLIPSOID["NWL 9D",6378145,298.25,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    ID["EPSG",6760]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

DATUM["D_WGS_1966",
    SPHEROID["NWL_9D",6378145.0,298.25]]

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "DynamicGeodeticReferenceFrame",
    "name": "World Geodetic System 1966",
    "frame_reference_epoch": 1966,
    "ellipsoid": {
        "name": "NWL 9D",
        "semi_major_axis": 6378145,
        "inverse_flattening": 298.25
    },
    "scope": "Geodesy.",
    "area": "World.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": -90,
        "west_longitude": -180,
        "north_latitude": 90,
        "east_longitude": 180
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 6760
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

6760-datum=DATUM["World_Geodetic_System_1966",SPHEROID["NWL 9D",6378145,298.25,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7025"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6760"]]