EPSG:4272

NZGD49

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Available transformations
to EPSG:4167
EPSG:4167 - NZGD2000

Selected transformation

Method: Coordinate Frame rotation (geog2D domain)

Remarks: 4m accuracy. For better accuracy use NZGD49 to NZGD2000 (3) (code 1568)

Information source: http://www.linz.govt.nz/services/surveysystem/osgpublications/nzgd2000_trans.html

Revision date: 2000-10-19

Attributes

Unit: degree (supplier to define representation)

Geodetic CRS: NZGD49

Datum: New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949

Ellipsoid: International 1924

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: New Zealand Department of Lands and Surveys Technical Report No. 1; 1978.

Revision date: 2019-07-16

Scope: Geodesy.

Remarks: Replaced by NZGD2000 (CRS code 4167) in March 2000.

Area of use: New Zealand - North Island, South Island, Stewart Island - onshore and nearshore.

Coordinate system: Ellipsoidal 2D CS. Axes: latitude, longitude. Orientations: north, east. UoM: degree

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Center coordinates
174.7 -40.92

WGS84 bounds:
160.6 -55.95
-171.2 -25.88

New Zealand - onshore and offshore. Includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Chatham Islands, Cambell Island, Kermadec Islands, Raoul Island and Snares Islands.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

GEOGCS["NZGD49",
    DATUM["New_Zealand_Geodetic_Datum_1949",
        SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297],
        TOWGS84[59.47,-5.04,187.44,-0.47,0.1,1.024,-4.5993]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4272"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

BOUNDCRS[
    SOURCECRS[
        GEOGCRS["NZGD49",
            DATUM["New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949",
                ELLIPSOID["International 1924",6378388,297,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
                AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
                    ORDER[1],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Geodesy."],
                AREA["New Zealand - North Island, South Island, Stewart Island - onshore and nearshore."],
                BBOX[-47.65,165.87,-33.89,179.27]],
            ID["EPSG",4272]]],
    TARGETCRS[
        GEOGCRS["WGS 84",
            ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
                ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
                AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
                    ORDER[1],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
                AREA["World."],
                BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
            ID["EPSG",4326]]],
    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation from unknown to WGS84",
        METHOD["Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)",
            ID["EPSG",9606]],
        PARAMETER["X-axis translation",59.47,
            ID["EPSG",8605]],
        PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",-5.04,
            ID["EPSG",8606]],
        PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",187.44,
            ID["EPSG",8607]],
        PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",-0.47,
            ID["EPSG",8608]],
        PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",0.1,
            ID["EPSG",8609]],
        PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",1.024,
            ID["EPSG",8610]],
        PARAMETER["Scale difference",0.9999954007,
            ID["EPSG",8611]]]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

GEOGCS["GCS_New_Zealand_1949",
    DATUM["D_New_Zealand_1949",
        SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
    UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=59.47,-5.04,187.44,-0.47,0.1,1.024,-4.5993 +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:4272","+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=59.47,-5.04,187.44,-0.47,0.1,1.024,-4.5993 +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "BoundCRS",
    "source_crs": {
        "type": "GeographicCRS",
        "name": "NZGD49",
        "datum": {
            "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
            "name": "New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949",
            "ellipsoid": {
                "name": "International 1924",
                "semi_major_axis": 6378388,
                "inverse_flattening": 297
            }
        },
        "coordinate_system": {
            "subtype": "ellipsoidal",
            "axis": [
                {
                    "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lat",
                    "direction": "north",
                    "unit": "degree"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lon",
                    "direction": "east",
                    "unit": "degree"
                }
            ]
        },
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 4272
        }
    },
    "target_crs": {
        "type": "GeographicCRS",
        "name": "WGS 84",
        "datum_ensemble": {
            "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
            "members": [
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1166
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1152
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1153
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1154
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1155
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1156
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 1309
                    }
                }
            ],
            "ellipsoid": {
                "name": "WGS 84",
                "semi_major_axis": 6378137,
                "inverse_flattening": 298.257223563
            },
            "accuracy": "2.0",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 6326
            }
        },
        "coordinate_system": {
            "subtype": "ellipsoidal",
            "axis": [
                {
                    "name": "Geodetic latitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lat",
                    "direction": "north",
                    "unit": "degree"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lon",
                    "direction": "east",
                    "unit": "degree"
                }
            ]
        },
        "id": {
            "authority": "EPSG",
            "code": 4326
        }
    },
    "transformation": {
        "name": "Transformation from unknown to WGS84",
        "method": {
            "name": "Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)",
            "id": {
                "authority": "EPSG",
                "code": 9606
            }
        },
        "parameters": [
            {
                "name": "X-axis translation",
                "value": 59.47,
                "unit": "metre",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8605
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Y-axis translation",
                "value": -5.04,
                "unit": "metre",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8606
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Z-axis translation",
                "value": 187.44,
                "unit": "metre",
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8607
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "X-axis rotation",
                "value": -0.47,
                "unit": {
                    "type": "AngularUnit",
                    "name": "arc-second",
                    "conversion_factor": 4.84813681109536e-06
                },
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8608
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Y-axis rotation",
                "value": 0.1,
                "unit": {
                    "type": "AngularUnit",
                    "name": "arc-second",
                    "conversion_factor": 4.84813681109536e-06
                },
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8609
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Z-axis rotation",
                "value": 1.024,
                "unit": {
                    "type": "AngularUnit",
                    "name": "arc-second",
                    "conversion_factor": 4.84813681109536e-06
                },
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8610
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Scale difference",
                "value": -4.5993,
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                    "type": "ScaleUnit",
                    "name": "parts per million",
                    "conversion_factor": 1e-06
                },
                "id": {
                    "authority": "EPSG",
                    "code": 8611
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

4272=GEOGCS["NZGD49",DATUM["New_Zealand_Geodetic_Datum_1949",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297],TOWGS84[59.47,-5.04,187.44,-0.47,0.1,1.024,-4.5993]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4272"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=longlat"
	"ellps=intl"
	"towgs84=59.47,-5.04,187.44,-0.47,0.1,1.024,-4.5993"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=59.47,-5.04,187.44,-0.47,0.1,1.024,-4.5993 +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=59.47,-5.04,187.44,-0.47,0.1,1.024,-4.5993 +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 4272, 'EPSG', 4272, '+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=59.47,-5.04,187.44,-0.47,0.1,1.024,-4.5993 +no_defs +type=crs', 'GEOGCS["NZGD49",DATUM["New_Zealand_Geodetic_Datum_1949",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297],TOWGS84[59.47,-5.04,187.44,-0.47,0.1,1.024,-4.5993]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4272"]]');