EPSG:3395 — WGS 84 / World Mercator
Projected coordinate system · coordinates in metres · World between 80°S and 84°N.
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EPSG:3395WGS 84 / World Mercator
Coordinates in EPSG:4326 — one pair per line
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Worked example — the centre of this system's area of use: 0, 2 (EPSG:4326 lon, lat) = 0, 221,194.08 (EPSG:3395).
EPSG:3395 details
TypeProjected CRS
DatumWorld Geodetic System 1984 ensemble
Unitsmetre
AxesEasting (east) · Northing (north)
Projection methodMercator (variant A)
ScopeVery small scale conformal mapping.
Base CRSEPSG:4326
Area of use
World between 80°S and 84°N.
WGS84 bounds: -180° to 180° longitude, -80° to 84° latitude.
Well-known text (WKT2)
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PROJCRS["WGS 84 / World Mercator",BASEGEOGCRS["WGS 84",ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2296)"],ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],ID["EPSG",4326]],CONVERSION["World Mercator",METHOD["Mercator (variant A)",ID["EPSG",9804]],PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],ID["EPSG",8801]],PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],ID["EPSG",8802]],PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",1,SCALEUNIT["unity",1],ID["EPSG",8805]],PARAMETER["False easting",0,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],ID["EPSG",8806]],PARAMETER["False northing",0,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],ID["EPSG",8807]]],CS[Cartesian,2],AXIS["(E)",east,ORDER[1],LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],AXIS["(N)",north,ORDER[2],LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],USAGE[SCOPE["Very small scale conformal mapping."],AREA["World between 80°S and 84°N."],BBOX[-80,-180,84,180]],ID["EPSG",3395]]
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