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Everything about Spatial reference system
System to specify locations on Earth
A spatial reference system (SRS) or coordinate reference system (CRS) is a framework used to precisely measure locations on, or relative to, the surface of Earth as coordinates. It is thus the application of the abstract mathematics of coordinate systems and analytic geometry to geographic space. A particular SRS specification comprises a choice of Earth ellipsoid, horizontal datum, map projection, origin point, and unit of measure. Thousands of coordinate systems have been specified for use around the world or in specific regions and for various purposes, necessitating transformations between different SRS. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Spatial reference systemA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: UKRAINE’S TRANSITION TO THE EUROPEAN VERTICAL REFERENCE SYSTEM (EVRS): GEODETIC PRECONDITIONS AND SPATIAL IMPLICATIONSInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Advances in spatio-temporal analysisThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Human Primary Auditory Cortex: Cytoarchitectonic Subdivisions and Mapping into a Spatial Reference SystemCited 678 times
- Go sideways: EPSG Geodetic Parameter DatasetA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Projected coordinate systemA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Human Primary Auditory Cortex: Cytoarchitectonic Subdivisions and Mapping into a Spatial Reference System
Systems of Spatial Reference in Human Memory
A fronto-parietal system for computing the egocentric spatial frame of reference in humans
The vestibular system: a spatial reference for bodily self-consciousness
Measuring the spatial hierarchical urban system in China in reference to the Central Place Theory
The Validity of the Equilateral Tetrahedron as a Spatial Reference System
A Survey of Surveys: The Canadian Spatial Reference System Precise Point Positioning Service
Wideband Synthetic-Aperture Millimeter-Wave Spatial-Channel Reference System With Traceable Uncertainty Framework
🆕 Influential since 2022
UKRAINE’S TRANSITION TO THE EUROPEAN VERTICAL REFERENCE SYSTEM (EVRS): GEODETIC PRECONDITIONS AND SPATIAL IMPLICATIONS
Construction and Application of Linear Reference System for Systematic Management and Integration of Indoor Spatial Information
The Role of Spatial Reference Systems in Visual-Spatial Perspective-Taking by Children
Reference system for observation, storing and transmitting a twodimensional spatial distribution (profile) of solids refractive index unit
Ready, Set, Modernize – ASPRS Takes on Preparing the Geospatial Industry for the Modernized National Spatial Reference System (NSRS)
đź“š Books worth reading
Advances in spatio-temporal analysisWolfgang Kainz · 2006- 📕Applied Spatial Modelling and PlanningJohn Lombard, Eli Stern · 2016
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đź”— Related topics
- EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset (also EPSG registry) is a public registry of geodetic datums, coordinate reference systems, Earth ellipsoids, coordinate…
- Projected coordinate system A projected coordinate system – also called a projected coordinate reference system, planar coordinate system, or grid reference system – is a type of…
- Web Mercator projection Web Mercator, Pseudo-Mercator, or Google Web Mercator is a variant of the Mercator map projection used for coordinates in WGS 84 Web Mercator or WGS 84…
- Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude…
- World Geodetic System The World Geodetic System (WGS) is a standard used in cartography, geodesy, and satellite navigation, including GPS. The current version, WGS 84, defines…
- Well-known text representation of coordinate reference systems Well-known text representation of coordinate reference systems (WKT or WKT-CRS) is a text markup language for representing spatial reference systems and…
- Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system The Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system (acronym ECEF), also known as the geocentric coordinate system, is a cartesian spatial reference system…
- Geographic coordinate conversion In geodesy, conversion among different geographic coordinate systems is made necessary by the different geographic coordinate systems in use across the…