Sinusoidal Equal Area

This is a fast equal area coordinate reference system with horizontal parallels. This coordinate reference system can display the whole world, and is used by SIS for area measurement.

See Coordinate Reference Systems for more details.

Properties

  • Class name: _class$
    Coordinate reference system class.

  • Datum: _datum$
    Named Geodetic Datum.

  • EPSG Code: _epsg&
    The matching European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) code number for the co-ordinate system, if found.

  • Major Axis: _major_axis#
    Major Axis.

  • Minor Axis: _minor_axis#
    Minor Axis.

  • Prime Meridian: _prime_meridian#
    Prime Meridian.

  • Projection WKT: _projection$
    Coordinate reference system in Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Well-Known-Text format.