POSC Specifications
Version 3.0
Epicentre Standard Values
vertical_coordinate_system

vertical_coordinate_system

Standard Instance Values

identifier naming _system description ref _coordinate _sys _constraint vertical _datum source _reference source _content source version status
  naming _system .identifier   ref _coordinate _sys _constraint .identifier vertical _datum .identifier       ref _version .identifier  
ODN EPSG preferred name Areas: United Kingdom (UK) - Great Britain. geometry 1d ODN   EPSG POSC 2.2 current
NGVD29 EPSG preferred name Areas: United States (USA). geometry 1d NGVD29   EPSG POSC 2.2 current
NAVD88 EPSG preferred name Areas: Canada; United States (USA). geometry 1d NAVD88   EPSG POSC 2.2 current
Yellow Sea EPSG preferred name Areas: China. geometry 1d Yellow Sea   EPSG POSC 2.2 current
Baltic EPSG preferred name Areas: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belorus; Estonia; Georgia; Kazakstan; Kirgizstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldavia; Russia; Tadzhikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan. geometry 1d Baltic   EPSG POSC 2.2 current
Caspian EPSG preferred name Areas: Azerbaijan - offshore; Kazakhstan - offshore; Russia - Caspian Sea; Turkmenistan - offshore. geometry 1d Caspian   EPSG POSC 2.2.1 current
NAP EPSG preferred name Areas: Netherlands. geometry 1d NAP Nederlandse Commissie voor Geodesie publication 30; 1993 EPSG POSC 2.2 current
Oostende EPSG preferred name Areas: Belgium. geometry 1d Oostende Nederlandse Commissie voor Geodesie publication 30; 1993 EPSG POSC 2.2 current
AHD EPSG preferred name Areas: Australia (New South Wales; Northern Territories; Queensland; South Australia; Western Australia; Victoria). geometry 1d AHD http://www.auslig.gov.au/geodesy EPSG POSC 2.2 current
AHD (Tasmania) EPSG preferred name Areas: Australia - Tasmania. geometry 1d AHD (Tasmania)   EPSG POSC 2.2 current
CVD28 EPSG preferred name Areas: Canada. geometry 1d CVD28   EPSG POSC 2.2 current
msl height EPSG preferred name Remarks: Approximates geoid. Not specific to any location or epoch. geometry 1d msl   EPSG POSC 3.0 current
msl depth EPSG preferred name Remarks: Approximates geoid. Not specific to any location or epoch. geometry 1d msl   EPSG POSC 3.0 current
Piraeus EPSG preferred name Areas: Greece. geometry 1d Piraeus86 Geodesy Department; Public Petroleum Corporation of Greece. EPSG POSC 2.2 current
N60 EPSG preferred name Areas: Finland. Remarks: In use since 1968. geometry 1d N60 www.nls.fi/maa/papers/kkj.html EPSG POSC 2.2 current
RH70 EPSG preferred name Areas: Sweden geometry 1d RH70 National and Survey of Sweden EPSG POSC 2.2.1 current
NGF Lallemand EPSG preferred name Areas: France - mainland. Remarks: Generally but not entirely superceded by NGF IGN69 (code 5720). geometry 1d NGF - Lallemand Conseil National de l'Information Geographique groupe de travail Reseaux de Nivellement recommendations v5.1 April 1994 EPSG POSC 3.0 current
NGF IGN69 EPSG preferred name Areas: France - mainland. geometry 1d NGF - IGN69 Conseil National de l'Information Geographique groupe de travail Reseaux de Nivellement recommendations v5.1 April 1994 EPSG POSC 3.0 current
NGF IGN78 EPSG preferred name Areas: France - Corsica. geometry 1d NGF - IGN78 Conseil National de l'Information Geographique groupe de travail Reseaux de Nivellement recommendations v5.1 April 1994 EPSG POSC 3.0 current

vertical_coordinate_system

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identifier naming _system description ref _coordinate _sys _constraint vertical _datum source _reference source _content source version status
Maputo EPSG preferred name Areas: Mozambique. geometry 1d Maputo Direccao Nacional de Geografia e Cadastral (DINAGECA). EPSG POSC 2.2.2 current
Japan Levelling Datum EPSG preferred name Areas: Japan geometry 1d JapanVD Ministry of Construction; Japan. http://vldb.gsi-mc.go.jp/sokuchi/datum/image/heichoku2.gif EPSG POSC 3.0 current
PHD93 EPSG preferred name Areas: Oman Remarks: Supersedes Fahud vertical datum (code 5725) from 1993. geometry 1d PHD93 Petroleum Development Oman EPSG POSC 3.0 current
Fahud Height Datum 1993 EPSG preferred name Areas: Oman Remarks: Superseded by PHD93 (code 5724) from 1993. geometry 1d Fahud Height Datum Petroleum Development Oman EPSG POSC 3.0 current
Ha Tien 1960 EPSG preferred name Areas: Cambodia; Vietnam Remarks: In Vietnam superseded by Hon Dau from 1992. geometry 1d Ha Tien 1960   EPSG POSC 3.0 current
Hon Dau 1992 EPSG preferred name Areas: Vietnam Remarks: In Vietnam supersedes Ha Tien from 1992. geometry 1d Hon Dau 1992   EPSG POSC 3.0 current
LN02 EPSG preferred name Areas: Liechtenstein; Switzerland. Remarks: To be superseded by LHN95 (code 5729). geometry 1d LN02 Bundesamt fur Landestopographie EPSG POSC 3.0 current
LHN95 EPSG preferred name Areas: Liechtenstein; Switzerland. Remarks: To supersede LN02 (code 5728). geometry 1d LHN95 Bundesamt fur Landestopographie EPSG POSC 3.0 current
subsea tvd POSC basic Deprecated. Use msl height. geometry 1d msl Epicentre version 2.2 POSC POSC epicentre 3.0 deprecated
tvd from sea level POSC basic Deprecated. Use msl depth. geometry 1d msl Epicentre version 2.2 POSC POSC epicentre 3.0 deprecated
sea level elevation POSC basic Deprecated. Use msl height. geometry 1d msl Epicentre version 2.2 POSC POSC epicentre 3.0 deprecated
Unknown elevation POSC basic This coordinate system is measured positive upward. There is no defined reference. geometry 1d Unknown   POSC POSC epicentre 3.0 current
Unknown vertical POSC basic This coordinate system is measured positive downward. There is no defined reference. It is unknown whether the coordinate system is measured depth or true vertical depth. geometry 1d Unknown   POSC POSC epicentre 3.0 current

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