Engineering survey, GIS, topographic mapping.
Care: only for use as part of a compound CRS in conjunction with State Plane CS in States which have passed State Plane legislation in International feet (note: not US survet feet).
United States (USA) - onshore - Arizona; Michigan; Montana; North Dakota; Oregon; South Carolina.
Definition: OGC Well Known Text
VERT_CS["NAVD88 height (ft)", VERT_DATUM["North American Vertical Datum 1988",2005, AUTHORITY["EPSG","5103"]], UNIT["foot",0.3048, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9002"]], AXIS["Gravity-related height",UP], AUTHORITY["EPSG","8228"]]
Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
VERTCRS["NAVD88 height (ft)", VDATUM["North American Vertical Datum 1988"], CS[vertical,1], AXIS["gravity-related height (H)",up, LENGTHUNIT["foot",0.3048]], USAGE[ SCOPE["Engineering survey, GIS, topographic mapping."], AREA["United States (USA) - onshore - Arizona; Michigan; Montana; North Dakota; Oregon; South Carolina."], BBOX[31.33,-124.6,49.01,-78.52]], ID["EPSG",8228]]
Definition: JSON
{ "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json", "type": "VerticalCRS", "name": "NAVD88 height (ft)", "datum": { "type": "VerticalReferenceFrame", "name": "North American Vertical Datum 1988" }, "coordinate_system": { "subtype": "vertical", "axis": [ { "name": "Gravity-related height", "abbreviation": "H", "direction": "up", "unit": { "type": "LinearUnit", "name": "foot", "conversion_factor": 0.3048 } } ] }, "scope": "Engineering survey, GIS, topographic mapping.", "area": "United States (USA) - onshore - Arizona; Michigan; Montana; North Dakota; Oregon; South Carolina.", "bbox": { "south_latitude": 31.33, "west_longitude": -124.6, "north_latitude": 49.01, "east_longitude": -78.52 }, "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8228 } }
Definition: Mapnik
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Map srs="+vunits=ft +no_defs +type=crs"> <Layer srs="+vunits=ft +no_defs +type=crs"> </Layer> </Map>
Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 8228, 'EPSG', 8228, '+vunits=ft +no_defs +type=crs', 'VERT_CS["NAVD88 height (ft)",VERT_DATUM["North American Vertical Datum 1988",2005,AUTHORITY["EPSG","5103"]],UNIT["foot",0.3048,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9002"]],AXIS["Gravity-related height",UP],AUTHORITY["EPSG","8228"]]');