crss: Coordinate reference systems (CRSs) and nicknames
Description
A table of commonly-used coordinate reference systems, their nicknames, and WKT2 (well-known text) strings
Usage
data(crss)
Arguments
Format
An object of class data.frame. This is a table with "named" coordinate referenbce systems and their well-known-text (WKT2) representation. It can be used as-is, or with getCRS to quickly get a WKT for a particular CRS. The fields are as:
long: "Long" name of the CRS
short1 and short2: "Short" names of the CRS
region: Region for which CRS is fit
projected: Is the CRS projected or not?
projectionGeometry: Type of projection (NA, 'cylindrical', 'conic', or 'planar')
datum: Datum
type: Either 'CRS' or 'data'. The former are proper CRSs, and the latter are those used by popular datasets.