{"id":411,"date":"2026-02-16T15:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/?p=411"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:36:02","slug":"how-to-define-a-new-crs-and-import-web-map-services-in-petrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/how-to-define-a-new-crs-and-import-web-map-services-in-petrel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to\u2026 define a new CRS and import Web Map Services in Petrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Petrel has a lot of CRS (Coordinate Reference System) embedded in the main program. However, if your CRS is not listed, you must use a companion program called &#8220;Coordinate System Manager&#8221;. This program is in the windows menu -&gt; Schlumberger &#8211; Petrel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the procedure is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) Create your own CRS &#8211; Close and reopen Petrel to update the list &#8211; Define the new CRS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2) Start to import maps and WMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, follow the guide here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STEP 1: create your own CRS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive3-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive4-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now your CRS is defined in Petrel, you can import maps !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STEP 2: Start to import maps and WMS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will start to import shapefiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive5-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can add WMS = Web Map Services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gebco is very common in marine geosciences. The address changes regularly, so just type &#8220;GEBCO WMS link&#8221; in google. This is the first result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 2024, the link is: <strong>https:\/\/wms.gebco.net\/mapserv?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive7-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254\" style=\"width:819px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive8-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Diapositive9-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-256\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ENJOY !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petrel has a lot of CRS (Coordinate Reference System) embedded in the main program. However, if your CRS is not listed, you must use a companion program called &#8220;Coordinate System Manager&#8221;. This program is in the windows menu -&gt; Schlumberger &#8211; Petrel Then the procedure is as follows: 1) Create your own CRS &#8211; Close&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26,34],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks","tag-petrel","tag-wms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1966,"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/1966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}