diff --git a/mrmap/.requirements/base.txt b/mrmap/.requirements/base.txt
index fddb5b2bd..5b697747a 100644
--- a/mrmap/.requirements/base.txt
+++ b/mrmap/.requirements/base.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ psycopg[binary]==3.1.14
 # adds class based xml mappers
 eulxml==1.1.3
 # library to process xml
-lxml==4.9.3
+lxml==5.2.0
 # ISO 8601 date/time parser
 isodate==0.6.1
 # Python Imaging Library to create security images for example
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ odin==2.9.0
 
 drf-spectacular-jsonapi==0.4.1
 
-django-ows-lib==0.14.3
+django-ows-lib==0.14.5
 
 camel-converter==3.0.0
 
diff --git a/mrmap/MrMap/urls.py b/mrmap/MrMap/urls.py
index 939d4bf0c..ea81bb4f6 100644
--- a/mrmap/MrMap/urls.py
+++ b/mrmap/MrMap/urls.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         "csw",
         CswServiceView.as_view(),
         name="csw-endpoint"
-    ),
+    )
 
 ]
 
diff --git a/mrmap/registry/apps.py b/mrmap/registry/apps.py
index 522ab0cac..a4c669c24 100644
--- a/mrmap/registry/apps.py
+++ b/mrmap/registry/apps.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def find_orphan_metadata_objects(sender, **kwargs):
         resource_relation__isnull=True)
     # TODO: move this to a manager as check function
     # print info object instead
-    print("orphans:", orphans.count())
+    print("metadata orphans:", orphans.count())
 
 
 class RegistryConfig(AppConfig):
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ def ready(self):
         post_migrate.connect(create_wms_operations, sender=self)
         post_migrate.connect(create_wfs_operations, sender=self)
 
-       # post_migrate.connect(create_file_system_import_task, sender=self)
+        # post_migrate.connect(create_file_system_import_task, sender=self)
         post_migrate.connect(find_orphan_metadata_objects, sender=self)
diff --git a/mrmap/registry/models/metadata.py b/mrmap/registry/models/metadata.py
index 1cf05d2c9..3c0b6398f 100644
--- a/mrmap/registry/models/metadata.py
+++ b/mrmap/registry/models/metadata.py
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.gis.db.models import MultiPolygonField
+from django.contrib.gis.gdal.error import GDALException
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.db.models.expressions import CombinedExpression, F
 from django.db.models.fields.generated import GeneratedField
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from epsg_cache.registry import Registry
 from eulxml import xmlmap
 from extras.managers import (DefaultHistoryManager,
                              UniqueConstraintDefaultValueManager)
@@ -26,9 +28,12 @@
 from registry.models.metadata_query import VALID_RELATIONS
 from requests import Request, Session
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 from simple_history.models import HistoricalRecords
 from urllib3 import Retry
 
+CRS_Registry = Registry(proxies=PROXIES)
+
 
 class MimeType(models.Model):
     mime_type = models.CharField(max_length=500,
@@ -125,6 +130,38 @@ def __str__(self):
     def __eq__(self, __value: object) -> bool:
         return self.code == __value.code and self.prefix == __value.prefix
 
+    @property
+    def crs(self):
+        if self.prefix == ReferenceSystemPrefixEnum.EPSG:
+            try:
+                return CRS_Registry.get(srid=self.code)
+            except (ConnectionError, GDALException):
+                pass
+
+    @property
+    def wkt(self):
+        _crs = self.crs
+        if _crs:
+            return _crs.wkt
+
+    @property
+    def extent(self):
+        _crs = self.crs
+        if _crs:
+            return _crs.extent
+
+    @property
+    def is_xy_order(self):
+        _crs = self.crs
+        if _crs:
+            return _crs.is_xy_order
+
+    @property
+    def is_yx_order(self):
+        _crs = self.crs
+        if _crs:
+            return _crs.is_yx_order
+
 
 class MetadataContact(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=256,
diff --git a/mrmap/registry/models/service.py b/mrmap/registry/models/service.py
index b1a36a93f..03c9b0d22 100644
--- a/mrmap/registry/models/service.py
+++ b/mrmap/registry/models/service.py
@@ -194,21 +194,21 @@ class OperationUrl(models.Model):
     # 2048 is the technically specified max length of an url. Some services urls scratches this limit.
     url: str = models.URLField(
         max_length=4096,
-        editable=False,
+        # editable=False,
         verbose_name=_("url"),
         help_text=_("the url for this operation"),
     )
     operation: str = models.CharField(
         max_length=30,
         choices=OGCOperationEnum.choices,
-        editable=False,
+        # editable=False,
         verbose_name=_("operation"),
         help_text=_("the operation you can perform with this url."),
     )
     mime_types = models.ManyToManyField(
         to="MimeType",  # use string to avoid from circular import error
         blank=True,
-        editable=False,
+        # editable=False,
         related_name="%(class)s_operation_urls",
         related_query_name="%(class)s_operation_url",
         verbose_name=_("internet mime type"),
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class WebMapServiceOperationUrl(OperationUrl):
     service = models.ForeignKey(
         to=WebMapService,
         on_delete=models.CASCADE,
-        editable=False,
+        # editable=False,
         related_name="operation_urls",
         related_query_name="operation_url",
         verbose_name=_("related web map service"),
diff --git a/mrmap/registry/proxy/wfs_proxy.py b/mrmap/registry/proxy/wfs_proxy.py
index 718666f7d..177865e07 100644
--- a/mrmap/registry/proxy/wfs_proxy.py
+++ b/mrmap/registry/proxy/wfs_proxy.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 import json
 
-from axis_order_cache.utils import adjust_axis_order
 from django.contrib.gis.geos import GEOSGeometry
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
+from epsg_cache.utils import adjust_axis_order
 from ows_lib.client.wfs.mixins import \
     WebFeatureServiceMixin as WebFeatureServiceClient
 from registry.models.service import WebFeatureService
diff --git a/mrmap/registry/serializers/metadata.py b/mrmap/registry/serializers/metadata.py
index f40c86730..b3077ca7b 100644
--- a/mrmap/registry/serializers/metadata.py
+++ b/mrmap/registry/serializers/metadata.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from registry.models.metadata import (DatasetMetadataRecord, Keyword, Licence,
                                       MetadataContact, ReferenceSystem, Style)
 from registry.models.service import CatalogueService, FeatureType, Layer
+from rest_framework.fields import SerializerMethodField
 from rest_framework.relations import HyperlinkedIdentityField
 from rest_framework_json_api.relations import ResourceRelatedField
 from rest_framework_json_api.serializers import ModelSerializer
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class Meta:
         fields = "__all__"
 
 
-class ReferenceSystemSerializer(
+class ReferenceSystemDefaultSerializer(
         StringRepresentationSerializer,
         ModelSerializer):
 
@@ -46,6 +47,37 @@ class Meta:
         fields = "__all__"
 
 
+class ReferenceSystemRetrieveSerializer(
+        StringRepresentationSerializer,
+        ModelSerializer):
+
+    wkt = SerializerMethodField()
+    bbox = SerializerMethodField()
+    is_xy_order = SerializerMethodField()
+    is_yx_order = SerializerMethodField()
+
+    url = HyperlinkedIdentityField(
+        view_name="registry:referencesystem-detail",
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = ReferenceSystem
+        fields = "__all__"
+
+    def get_wkt(self, obj):
+        return obj.wkt
+
+    def get_bbox(self, obj):
+        if obj.extent:
+            return obj.extent.envelope.geojson
+
+    def get_is_xy_order(self, obj):
+        return obj.is_xy_order
+
+    def get_is_yx_order(self, obj):
+        return obj.is_yx_order
+
+
 class StyleSerializer(
         StringRepresentationSerializer,
         ModelSerializer):
diff --git a/mrmap/registry/serializers/service.py b/mrmap/registry/serializers/service.py
index 3cfa6d235..6711f874b 100644
--- a/mrmap/registry/serializers/service.py
+++ b/mrmap/registry/serializers/service.py
@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@
 from registry.serializers.metadata import (DatasetMetadataRecordSerializer,
                                            KeywordSerializer,
                                            MetadataContactSerializer,
-                                           ReferenceSystemSerializer,
+                                           ReferenceSystemDefaultSerializer,
                                            StyleSerializer)
 from registry.serializers.security import WebFeatureServiceOperationSerializer
 from rest_framework.fields import (BooleanField, IntegerField,
                                    SerializerMethodField, URLField, UUIDField)
 from rest_framework_gis.fields import GeometryField
-from rest_framework_gis.serializers import GeoFeatureModelSerializer
 from rest_framework_json_api.relations import (
     ResourceRelatedField, SerializerMethodResourceRelatedField)
 from rest_framework_json_api.serializers import (HyperlinkedIdentityField,
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ class LayerSerializer(
         "keywords": KeywordSerializer,
         "created_by": UserSerializer,
         "last_modified_by": UserSerializer,
-        "reference_systems": ReferenceSystemSerializer,
+        "reference_systems": ReferenceSystemDefaultSerializer,
         # "dimensions": DimensionSerializer,
     }
 
@@ -415,7 +414,7 @@ class FeatureTypeSerializer(
         "keywords": KeywordSerializer,
         "created_by": UserSerializer,
         "last_modified_by": UserSerializer,
-        # TODO: "reference_systems": ReferenceSystemSerializer
+        # TODO: "reference_systems": ReferenceSystemDefaultSerializer
     }
 
     class Meta:
diff --git a/mrmap/registry/urls.py b/mrmap/registry/urls.py
index 8ac5953ce..f9e2d5edb 100644
--- a/mrmap/registry/urls.py
+++ b/mrmap/registry/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from django.urls import path
 from registry.views import harvesting as harvesting_views
 from registry.views import mapcontext as mapcontext_views
 from registry.views import metadata as metadata_views
diff --git a/mrmap/registry/views/metadata.py b/mrmap/registry/views/metadata.py
index a2b0025d1..e13c53501 100644
--- a/mrmap/registry/views/metadata.py
+++ b/mrmap/registry/views/metadata.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.db.models.query import Prefetch
 from extras.permissions import DjangoObjectPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly
-from extras.viewsets import NestedModelViewSet
+from extras.viewsets import NestedModelViewSet, SerializerClassesMixin
 from registry.models.metadata import (DatasetMetadataRecord, Keyword, Licence,
                                       MetadataContact, ReferenceSystem, Style)
 from registry.models.service import CatalogueService, FeatureType, Layer
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
                                            KeywordSerializer,
                                            LicenceSerializer,
                                            MetadataContactSerializer,
-                                           ReferenceSystemSerializer,
+                                           ReferenceSystemDefaultSerializer,
+                                           ReferenceSystemRetrieveSerializer,
                                            StyleSerializer)
 from rest_framework_json_api.views import ModelViewSet
 
@@ -60,9 +61,12 @@ class NestedLicenceViewSet(
     pass
 
 
-class ReferenceSystemViewSetMixin():
+class ReferenceSystemViewSetMixin(SerializerClassesMixin):
     queryset = ReferenceSystem.objects.all()
-    serializer_class = ReferenceSystemSerializer
+    serializer_classes = {
+        "default": ReferenceSystemDefaultSerializer,
+        "retrieve": ReferenceSystemRetrieveSerializer,
+    }
     filterset_fields = {
         "code": ["exact", "icontains", "contains"],
         "prefix": ["exact", "icontains", "contains"]
diff --git a/mrmap/tests/django/registry/mrmap-proxy/tests_wfs_proxy.py b/mrmap/tests/django/registry/mrmap-proxy/tests_wfs_proxy.py
index 7e2b11297..920512f80 100644
--- a/mrmap/tests/django/registry/mrmap-proxy/tests_wfs_proxy.py
+++ b/mrmap/tests/django/registry/mrmap-proxy/tests_wfs_proxy.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
 from accounts.models.users import User
-from axis_order_cache.utils import adjust_axis_order
 from django.contrib.gis.geos import GEOSGeometry
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.db.models.query_utils import Q
 from django.test import Client, TestCase
+from epsg_cache.utils import adjust_axis_order
 from eulxml.xmlmap import load_xmlobject_from_string
 from MrMap.settings import BASE_DIR
 from ows_lib.xml_mapper.xml_requests.wfs.get_feature import (GetFeatureRequest,
diff --git a/mrmap/tests/django/registry/mrmap-proxy/tests_wms_proxy.py b/mrmap/tests/django/registry/mrmap-proxy/tests_wms_proxy.py
index 6764eceb1..95ccb908a 100644
--- a/mrmap/tests/django/registry/mrmap-proxy/tests_wms_proxy.py
+++ b/mrmap/tests/django/registry/mrmap-proxy/tests_wms_proxy.py
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from accounts.models.users import User
-from axis_order_cache.models import Origin, SpatialReference
-from axis_order_cache.registry import Registry
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.db.models.query_utils import Q
 from django.test import Client, TestCase
+from epsg_cache.models import Origin, SpatialReference
+from epsg_cache.registry import Registry
 from lxml import etree, objectify
 from MrMap.settings import BASE_DIR
 from PIL import Image, ImageChops