- Data in raster format will be provided as [cloud optimized GeoTiffs](https://www.cogeo.org)(COG), complying with the above projection standards.
- Data in raster format will be provided as [cloud optimized GeoTiffs](https://www.cogeo.org)(COG), complying with the [cartographic standards]({{<ref"cartographic_standards">}}).
- Data in vector format will be provided in [OGC GeoPackage format](https://www.geopackage.org) with information stored in decimal degrees (i.e., no map projection applied)
### Formats for Online Data Access
- Data in raster format can be provided as [cloud optimized GeoTiffs](https://www.cogeo.org), complying with the above projection standards. These data will be accessed via their [STAC](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=spatio-temporal+asset+catalog&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) data files.
- Data in raster format can be provided using OGC compliant WMS service. Said service must encode a proper IAU 2015 projection code.
- Data in vector format can be served using an OCG compliant WFS or WMTS service using the standards defined above. The server must encode a proper IAU 2015 projection code.
- The STAC-API specification (a remotely accessible search service) will be used to support metadata query and data discoverability.
- Data in raster format can be provided using an OGC compliant [WMS](https://www.ogc.org/standards/wms) service. This service must encode a proper [IAU 2015/2018 projection code](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021LPICo2549.7012H).
- Data in vector format can be served using an OCG compliant [WFS](https://www.ogc.org/standards/wfs) or [WMTS](https://www.ogc.org/standards/wmts) service using the standards defined above. The server must encode a proper IAU 2015/2018 projection code.
- The [STAC](https://stacspec.org)-API specification (a remotely accessible search service) will be used to support metadata query and data discoverability.
The Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2015 (2018) and the [Final Report of the Lunar Critical Data Products Specific Action Team](https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mapsit/standup-committees/LCDP-SAT-REPORT-20211110.pdf)(LCDP-SAT) body parameters will be used. This includes a sphere radius of 1737.4km, the 2008 JPL DE 421 ephemeris rotated to the mean Earth/polar axis (ME) system and rotation parameters as defined in Table 2 (Archinal, et al., 2018).
The [Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2015 (Archinal, et al. 2018)](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-017-9805-5) and the [Final Report of the Lunar Critical Data Products Specific Action Team](https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mapsit/standup-committees/LCDP-SAT-REPORT-20211110.pdf)(LCDP-SAT) body parameters will be used. This includes a sphere radius of 1737.4km, the 2008 JPL DE 421 ephemeris (but soon expected to change to the DE 440 ephemeris) rotated to the mean Earth/polar axis (ME) system and rotation parameters as defined in Table 2 (Archinal, et al., 2018).
### Horizontal and Vertical Datum
Reference sphere defined as 1737.4km as defined by the IAU (IAU;2018). Proxy products usable to tie to the vertical reference frame (and have topography or shape) include:
- Gridded Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)
Reference sphere defined as 1737.4km as defined by the IAU ([Archinal, et al. 2018](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-017-9805-5)). Proxy products usable to tie to the vertical reference frame (and have topography or shape) include:
The horizontal datum to be used is the 2008 JPL DE 421, which, as per the LCDP-SAT, is only slightly different than the 2021 JPL DE 440 ephemerides. The proxy products that data creators can use to tie new data products to the horizontal reference frames include:
The standard horizontal datum to be used is the 2008 JPL DE 421, which is expected to shift to the 2021 JPL DE 440 ephemeris (and new projects should begin using the DE 440). The proxy products that data creators can use to tie new data products to the horizontal reference frames include:
- Gridded Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)
- SLDEM 2015
- Lunar Polar Gridded Data Record
At this time, no global visible observations are usable to rigorously align to the horizontal reference frame.