[PROJ] projinfo EGM2008

Even Rouault even.rouault at spatialys.com
Mon Oct 27 12:36:38 PDT 2025


Hi Javier,

this will be fixed per https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/4592

Even

Le 27/10/2025 à 19:03, Javier Jimenez Shaw via PROJ a écrit :
> Hi
>
> Today I didn't remember the EPSG code for EGM2008, so I did this:
>
> $ projinfo EGM2008 -k crs
> WKT2:2019 string:
> VDATUM["EGM2008 geoid",
>     ID["EPSG",1027]]
>
> But I was expecting the definition of the CRS, not the Datum:
>
> $ projinfo EPSG:3855 -k crs
> PROJ.4 string:
> +geoidgrids=us_nga_egm08_25.tif +geoid_crs=WGS84 +vunits=m +no_defs 
> +type=crs
>
> WKT2:2019 string:
> VERTCRS["EGM2008 height",
>     VDATUM["EGM2008 geoid"],
>     CS[vertical,1],
>         AXIS["gravity-related height (H)",up,
>             LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
>     USAGE[
>         SCOPE["Geodesy."],
>         AREA["World."],
>         BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
>     ID["EPSG",3855]]
>
> Is that a bug? Or did I misunderstand the "-k crs" parameter?
>
> Cheers
> Javier
>
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