PROJJSON
Introduction
PROJJSON is a JSON encoding of WKT2:2019 / ISO-19162:2019: Geographic information - Well-known text representation of coordinate reference systems, which itself implements the model of [ISO19111]. Apart from the difference of encodings, the semantics is intended to be exactly the same as WKT2:2019, and PROJJSON can be morphed losslessly from/into WKT2:2019.
PROJJSON is aimed at encoding definitions of coordinate reference systems (and their composing objects: datums, datum ensembles, coordinate systems, conversion) and coordinate operations.
Normative references
The PROJJSON specification requires prior knowledge of the following normative specifications:
Definitions
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and the terms object, member, name, value, array, number, true, false, and null, are to be interpreted as defined in [RFC7159].
integer: JSON number whose value has no fractional/exponent part.
All term and definitions from WKT2:2019 apply.
Schema
A JSON schema of PROJJSON grammar is available at https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json
This schema defines a minimum set of constraints that apply to well-formed PROJJSON. Number of specific CRS and coordinate operation domain constraints are not expressed as JSON schema constraints: unless otherwise stated, the constraints (optional/mandatory/conditional character of information, restricted set of allowed values, etc.) defined in the WKT2:2019 specification also apply, as supplement to the JSON schema constraints.
History of the schema
v0.7: added "accuracy" property in ConcatenatedOperation. Implemented in PROJ 9.2.1
- v0.6:
Implemented in PROJ 9.2
Additional optional "source_crs" property in "abridged_transformation".
Added CoordinateMetadata
Added "datum_epoch" property to GeodeticReferenceFrame and VerticalReferenceFrame
Added "minimum_value", "maximum_value" and "range_meaning" properties to Axis
Added "affine" in the CoordinateSystem.subtype enumeration.
- v0.5:
- Implemented in PROJ 9.1:
add "meridian" member in Axis object type.
add "temporal_extent" and "vertical_extent" members in object usage.
add "geoid_models" for VerticalCRS if several models are needed.
add "deformation_models" members to GeodeticCRS and VerticalCRS (replaces "deformation_model" in DynamicGeodeticReferenceFrame/DynamicVerticalReferenceFrame)
- Added in schema, but not implemented in PROJ:
add top-level object PointMotionOperation
v0.4: additional properties allowed in id object (version, authority_citation, uri). Implemented in PROJ 8.2.
v0.3: additional properties allowed in BoundCRS object (name, scope, area, bbox, usages, remarks, id, ids). Implemented in PROJ 8.1.
v0.2: addition of geoid_model in VerticalCRS object.
v0.1: initial version for PROJ 6.2
Specification
A PROJJSON text is a JSON object which has, at a minimum, a required type member,
whose value is a string describing the nature of the encoded geodetic object.
An optional $schema member may be present, with its value being a string with
a URL that points to the JSON schema that applies.
Objects may be composed of sub-objects (e.g a GeographicCRS is made of a Datum or DatumEnsemble
and a coordinate system). The type member of the sub-objects can be omitted when
there is no ambiguity. For example, in the object which is the value of a coordinate_system
member, the type may be omitted. However, the value of the datum object of
a GeographicCRS the type should be specified, as it can be either a GeodeticReferenceFrame
or a DynamicGeodeticReferenceFrame.
More formally, the type should be specified if the JSON schema specifies alternative
types for the value of a member using the oneOf construct and those alternative
types have a type member. Otherwise it may be omitted.
High level objects
Objects described at the first level of a PROJJSON text have the following
potential values of the type member:
Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS):
Common ones:
GeographicCRSGeodeticCRSProjectedCRSCompoundCRSBoundCRS
More esoteric ones:
VerticalCRSEngineeringCRSTemporalCRSParametricCRSDerivedGeographicCRSDerivedGeodeticCRSDerivedProjectedCRSDerivedVerticalCRSDerivedEngineeringCRSDerivedTemporalCRSDerivedParametricCRS
Coordinate operations:
TransformationConversionConcatenatedOperation
Others:
PrimeMeridianEllipsoidDatumDatumEnsemble
Identifiers
All objects mentioned above can have an optional id or ids member.
The value of id is a JSON object with the following members:
authority: (required) value of type string. e.g "EPSG", "OGC", "IGNF", etc.code: (required) value of type string or integer. e.g 4326 or "CRS84"authority_citation: (optional) value of type string that may be used to give further details of the authority.uri: (optional) value of type string that may be used to give reference to an online resource.
An object can sometimes be identified in different ways, in which case the ids
member can be used to specify a JSON array of objects with the same type of id.
Identifiers are allowed in top-level objects and inner objects. The WKT2:2019 specification recommends that if an object has an identifier, its inner objects should omit their identifiers, with the exceptions mentioned at http://docs.opengeospatial.org/is/18-010r7/18-010r7.html#37.
Object usages
CRS and coordinate operation objects are derived classes (in object modeling terminology) of a "object usage" class. An object usage has the following optional members:
scope: (optional) value of type string describing the purpose or purposes of the object. e.g "Geodesy, topographic mapping and cadastre"area: (optional) value of type string which describes a geographic area over which a CRS or coordinate operation is applicable. e.g. "World"bbox: (optional) value of type object, with 4 required members: *east_longitude: (required) number expressing the longitude in degrees of the eastern most part of the extent, within [-180,180] range. *west_longitude: (required) number expressing the longitude in degrees of the western most part of the extent, within [-180,180] range.. For an extent crossing the anti-meridian, west_longitude is lower than east_longitude. *south_latitude: (required) number expressing the latitude in degrees of the southern most part of the extent, within [-90,90] range. *north_latitude: (required) number expressing the latitude in degrees of the northern most part of the extent, within [-90,90] range. The coordinates are expressed in a unspecified datum, with the longitudes relative to the international reference meridian.remarks: (optional) value of type string with an informative text that does not modify the defining parameters of the object. e.g "Use NTv2 file for better accuracy"id(mutually exclusive withids): (optional) Identifier of the object, as defined in Identifiersids(mutually exclusive withid): (optional) Identifiers of the object, as defined in Identifiers
If several extents and scopes apply to an object, the scope, area and bbox
members should not be used. Instead a usages member should be used, whose value
is an array of objects, each of them accepting scope and/or area and/or bbox
as members. While it is acceptable to use the usages construct for a single
usage, it is recommended to avoid it and rather use instead the
scope, area and bbox members.
Units
A unit may be described either as:
an object with the following members:
type: (required) one of the following types:LinearUnit,AngularUnit,ScaleUnit,TimeUnit,ParametricUnit,Unitname: (required) string.conversion_factor: (required in most cases, except in the temporal quantities of http://docs.opengeospatial.org/is/18-010r7/18-010r7.html#42) number that expresses a multiplicative factor to convert from the specified unit to a reference unit, as specified in http://docs.opengeospatial.org/is/18-010r7/18-010r7.html#41idorids: (optional, mutually exclusive)
a string among the following enumeration:
metre,degree,unity
Using a string value, when applicable, is recommended for brevity of the object definition.
Omitted units in measured parameters
Most numeric parameters should generally be accompanied with the corresponding unit.
For example, for a projection parameter:
{
"name": "False easting",
"value": 500000,
"unit": "metre"
}
or:
{
"name": "False easting",
"value": 700000,
"unit": {
"type": "LinearUnit",
"name": "foot",
"conversion_factor": 0.3048
}
}
For the following cases, the unit may be omitted if it is metre:
semi_major_axis, semi_minor_axis and radius members of an ellipsoid
For the following cases, the unit may be omitted if it is degree:
longitude of a prime meridian.
Coordinate system
In WKT, a ORDER keyword may be present in an axis definition. As the value of that element is equal to the index of axis in the list of axis of the coordinate system (with 1 as the value of the first index), it is absent from the PROJJSON encoding, to avoid any risk of misuse.
Examples
GeographicCRS
Using a datum member, implicit prime meridian
The EPSG:6318 / "NAD83(2011)" geographic CRS can be expressed as
{
"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.4/projjson.schema.json",
"type": "GeographicCRS",
"name": "NAD83(2011)",
"datum": {
"type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
"name": "NAD83 (National Spatial Reference System 2011)",
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "GRS 1980",
"semi_major_axis": 6378137,
"inverse_flattening": 298.257222101
}
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
},
"scope": "Horizontal component of 3D system.",
"area": "Puerto Rico - onshore and offshore. United States (USA) onshore and offshore - Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming. US Virgin Islands - onshore and offshore.",
"bbox": {
"south_latitude": 14.92,
"west_longitude": 167.65,
"north_latitude": 74.71,
"east_longitude": -63.88
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 6318
}
}
Note the omission of a prime meridian member, which is conformant with the WKT2:2019 conditionality rules, as the prime meridian of the WGS 84 datum is the reference meridian / Greenwich.
Using a datum member with an explicit prime meridian
For the EPSG:4806 / "Monte Mario (Rome)" geographic CRS, the prime meridian must be specified:
{
"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.4/projjson.schema.json",
"type": "GeographicCRS",
"name": "Monte Mario (Rome)",
"datum": {
"type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
"name": "Monte Mario (Rome)",
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "International 1924",
"semi_major_axis": 6378388,
"inverse_flattening": 297
},
"prime_meridian": {
"name": "Rome",
"longitude": 12.4523333333333
}
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
},
"scope": "Geodesy, onshore minerals management.",
"area": "Italy - onshore and offshore; San Marino, Vatican City State.",
"bbox": {
"south_latitude": 34.76,
"west_longitude": 5.93,
"north_latitude": 47.1,
"east_longitude": 18.99
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 4806
}
}
Using a datum ensemble member
The WGS 84 geographic CRS may also be specified using a datum ensemble representation of the WGS 84 datum:
{
"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.4/projjson.schema.json",
"type": "GeographicCRS",
"name": "WGS 84",
"datum_ensemble": {
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
"members": [
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1166
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1152
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1153
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1154
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1155
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1156
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1309
}
}
],
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "WGS 84",
"semi_major_axis": 6378137,
"inverse_flattening": 298.257223563
},
"accuracy": "2.0",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 6326
}
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
},
"scope": "Horizontal component of 3D system.",
"area": "World.",
"bbox": {
"south_latitude": -90,
"west_longitude": -180,
"north_latitude": 90,
"east_longitude": 180
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 4326
}
}
The above is the output of the following invocation of the projinfo utility of the PROJ software version 9.0.0
projinfo EPSG:4326 -o PROJJSON -q
Note
PROJ versions prior to PROJ 8.0.0 used versions of the EPSG dataset that
did not have the datum ensemble concept. Consequently they used a datum
member instead of a datum_ensemble. The number of elements in the
datum ensemble may also vary over time when new realizations of WGS 84 are
added to the ensemble.
ProjectedCRS
The EPSG:32631 / "WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N" projected CRS can be expressed as
{
"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.1/projjson.schema.json",
"type": "ProjectedCRS",
"name": "WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N",
"base_crs": {
"name": "WGS 84",
"datum": {
"type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984",
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "WGS 84",
"semi_major_axis": 6378137,
"inverse_flattening": 298.257223563
}
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 4326
}
},
"conversion": {
"name": "UTM zone 31N",
"method": {
"name": "Transverse Mercator",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 9807
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "Latitude of natural origin",
"value": 0,
"unit": "degree",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8801
}
},
{
"name": "Longitude of natural origin",
"value": 3,
"unit": "degree",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8802
}
},
{
"name": "Scale factor at natural origin",
"value": 0.9996,
"unit": "unity",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8805
}
},
{
"name": "False easting",
"value": 500000,
"unit": "metre",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8806
}
},
{
"name": "False northing",
"value": 0,
"unit": "metre",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8807
}
}
]
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "Cartesian",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Easting",
"abbreviation": "E",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "metre"
},
{
"name": "Northing",
"abbreviation": "N",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "metre"
}
]
},
"area": "World - N hemisphere - 0°E to 6°E - by country",
"bbox": {
"south_latitude": 0,
"west_longitude": 0,
"north_latitude": 84,
"east_longitude": 6
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 32631
}
}
CompoundCRS
The EPSG:9518 / "WGS 84 + EGM2008 height" compound CRS can be expressed as:
{
"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.4/projjson.schema.json",
"type": "CompoundCRS",
"name": "WGS 84 + EGM2008 height",
"components": [
{
"type": "GeographicCRS",
"name": "WGS 84",
"datum_ensemble": {
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
"members": [
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1166
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1152
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1153
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1154
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1155
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1156
}
},
{
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1309
}
}
],
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "WGS 84",
"semi_major_axis": 6378137,
"inverse_flattening": 298.257223563
},
"accuracy": "2.0",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 6326
}
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
}
},
{
"type": "VerticalCRS",
"name": "EGM2008 height",
"datum": {
"type": "VerticalReferenceFrame",
"name": "EGM2008 geoid"
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "vertical",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Gravity-related height",
"abbreviation": "H",
"direction": "up",
"unit": "metre"
}
]
}
}
],
"scope": "Spatial referencing.",
"area": "World.",
"bbox": {
"south_latitude": -90,
"west_longitude": -180,
"north_latitude": 90,
"east_longitude": 180
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 9518
}
}
BoundCRS
The Bound CRS, using as a base EPSG:4258 "ETRS89" geographic CRS, with an explicit transformation to WGS 84 using a null Helmert transformation, can be expressed as
{
"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.4/projjson.schema.json",
"type": "BoundCRS",
"source_crs": {
"type": "GeographicCRS",
"name": "ETRS89",
"datum_ensemble": {
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference System 1989 ensemble",
"members": [
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1989"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1990"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1991"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1992"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1993"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1994"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1996"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1997"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 2005"
},
{
"name": "European Terrestrial Reference Frame 2014"
}
],
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "GRS 1980",
"semi_major_axis": 6378137,
"inverse_flattening": 298.257222101
},
"accuracy": "0.1"
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 4258
}
},
"target_crs": {
"type": "GeographicCRS",
"name": "WGS 84",
"datum": {
"type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
"name": "World Geodetic System 1984",
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "WGS 84",
"semi_major_axis": 6378137,
"inverse_flattening": 298.257223563
}
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 4326
}
},
"transformation": {
"name": "Transformation from unknown to WGS84",
"method": {
"name": "Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 9606
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "X-axis translation",
"value": 0,
"unit": "metre",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8605
}
},
{
"name": "Y-axis translation",
"value": 0,
"unit": "metre",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8606
}
},
{
"name": "Z-axis translation",
"value": 0,
"unit": "metre",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8607
}
},
{
"name": "X-axis rotation",
"value": 0,
"unit": {
"type": "AngularUnit",
"name": "arc-second",
"conversion_factor": 4.84813681109536e-06
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8608
}
},
{
"name": "Y-axis rotation",
"value": 0,
"unit": {
"type": "AngularUnit",
"name": "arc-second",
"conversion_factor": 4.84813681109536e-06
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8609
}
},
{
"name": "Z-axis rotation",
"value": 0,
"unit": {
"type": "AngularUnit",
"name": "arc-second",
"conversion_factor": 4.84813681109536e-06
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8610
}
},
{
"name": "Scale difference",
"value": 0,
"unit": {
"type": "ScaleUnit",
"name": "parts per million",
"conversion_factor": 1e-06
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8611
}
}
]
}
}
Transformation
The EPSG:8549 / "NAD27 to NAD83 (8)" transformation can be expressed as:
{
"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.4/projjson.schema.json",
"type": "Transformation",
"name": "NAD27 to NAD83 (8)",
"source_crs": {
"type": "GeographicCRS",
"name": "NAD27",
"datum": {
"type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
"name": "North American Datum 1927",
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "Clarke 1866",
"semi_major_axis": 6378206.4,
"semi_minor_axis": 6356583.8
}
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 4267
}
},
"target_crs": {
"type": "GeographicCRS",
"name": "NAD83",
"datum": {
"type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
"name": "North American Datum 1983",
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "GRS 1980",
"semi_major_axis": 6378137,
"inverse_flattening": 298.257222101
}
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 4269
}
},
"method": {
"name": "NADCON5 (2D)",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 1074
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "Latitude difference file",
"value": "nadcon5.nad27.nad83_1986.alaska.lat.trn.20160901.b",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8657
}
},
{
"name": "Longitude difference file",
"value": "nadcon5.nad27.nad83_1986.alaska.lon.trn.20160901.b",
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8658
}
}
],
"accuracy": "0.5",
"scope": "Geodesy.",
"area": "United States (USA) - Alaska.",
"bbox": {
"south_latitude": 51.3,
"west_longitude": 172.42,
"north_latitude": 71.4,
"east_longitude": -129.99
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 8549
},
"remarks": "Uses NADCON5 method which expects longitudes positive east in range 0-360°; source and target CRSs have longitudes positive east in range -180° to +180°. Accuracy at 67% confidence level is 0.5m onshore, 5m nearshore and undetermined farther offshore."
}
Deviations with the WKT2:2019 specification
While most of this specification is intended to be interoperable with WKT2:2019, there are a few deviations, reflecting the needs of the PROJ software implementation.
PROJJSON extensions
This specification allows a Bound CRS to be used wherever a CRS object is allowed in the OGC Topic 2 abstract specification / ISO-19111:2019. In particular, the members of a compound CRS can be a Bound CRS in this specification, whereas OGC Topic 2 abstract specification restricts it to single CRS. A Bound CRS can also be used as the source or target of a coordinate operation.
PROJJSON omissions
This specification does not define an encoding for triaxial ellipsoid (TRIAXIAL WKT keyword)
Reference implementation
PROJJSON is available as input and output of the PROJ software since PROJ 6.2.
Online CRS definitions as PROJJSON
The https://spatialreference.org/ website features CRS definitions for various authorities under a number of formats, including PROJJSON. For example: https://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/4326/projjson.json
Copyright and License information
This document is copyright Even Rouault and PROJ contributors, 2019-2024, and subject to the MIT license.