EPSG:3577

GDA94 / Australian Albers

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EPSG:7844 - GDA2020

Selected transformation

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: GDA94_GDA2020_conformal_and_distortion.gsb

Remarks: See GDA94 to GDA2020 (1) or (3) (codes 8048 and 8446) for alternative conformal-only transformation without local distortion modelling. GDA2020 Technical Manual and fact sheet T1 give guidance on which to use.

Information source: GDA2020 Technical Manual and ICSM Datum Technical Fact Sheet TN1 (http://www.icsm.gov.au).

Revision date: 2019-09-17

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: GDA94

Datum: Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Bureau of Rural Sciences. http://www.daff.gov.au/brs

Revision date: 2007-01-22

Scope: Statistical analysis.

Area of use: Australia - Australian Capital Territory; New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Western Australia; Victoria.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.

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Center coordinates
124754.32 -2902764.89

Projected bounds:
-2153255.28 -4928351.64
2436269.18 -1033323.77

WGS84 bounds:
112.85 -43.7
153.69 -9.86

Australia - Australian Capital Territory; New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Western Australia; Victoria.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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