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 | Not available yet |
| Type of standard | ISO International Standard Application level |
| Related standard(s) | ISO 19111:2007, Geographic information -- Spatial referencing by coordinates ISO 19125-1:2004, Geographic information – Simple feature access – Part 1: Common access |
| 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. 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. |