EPSG systems

EPSG:10598 WGS 84 / GLANCE North America

Projected system (Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area) in use: North America - Equi7. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:10598
Name	WGS 84 / GLANCE North America
Type	Projected system — Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
Area of use	North America - Equi7 North America including Greenland, the Caribbean and Central America, together with circum-polar area north of 83°40'N. Excluding the circum-polar area, the longitude extent is from 167.65° in west across the 180° meridian to 15.72° in east.
Bounds	W -180,00° · S 7,98° · E 180,00° · N 90,00°
Countries	Greenland
Datum	World Geodetic System 1984
Ellipsoid	WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Base geographic system	EPSG:4326 — WGS 84
Unit	metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84	None: this is WGS 84
Scope	Continental mapping of raster data.

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	50	degree
Longitude of natural origin	-100	degree
False easting	0	metre
False northing	0	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=laea +lat_0=50 +lon_0=-100 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:10598.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["WGS_1984_GLANCE_North_America",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-100.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",50.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Greenland

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.

Projection parameters

proj4 definition

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

Other systems — Greenland