ISO 19162:2015 Geographic information - Well known text representation of coordinate reference systems

Overview

Full name	ISO 19162:2015, Geographic information - Well known text representation of coordinate reference systems
Version	Draft International Standard
Amendments	None
Corrigenda	None
Published by	ISO/TC 211
Languages	English
Online overview	https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#!iso:std:63094:en
Type of standard	ISO International Standard Application level
Application	ISO 19162 defines the structure and content of a text string implementation of the abstract model for coordinate reference systems as described in ISO 19111:2007 Geographic information - Spatial referencing by coordinates. Well Known Text (WKT) is commonly used in database implementations to store and transport geo-spatial data.
Implementation benefits	WKT offers a compact machine- and human-readable representation of geometric objects. This standard extends earlier WKT to allow for the description of coordinate operations.

See also

• ISO 19111:2007 Geographic information - Spatial referencing by coordinates
• ISO 19125-1:2004 Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 1: Common access