EPSG:6720

Fiji Geodetic Datum 1986

Attributes

Ellipsoid: WGS 72

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Survey Review 30,231 (January 1989).

Revision date: 2006-07-19

Scope: Geodesy, cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Replaces Viti Levu 1912, Vanua Levu 1915 and Fiji 1956.

Area of use: Fiji - onshore. Includes Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, the Yasawa Group, the Kadavu Group, the Lau Islands and Rotuma Islands.

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WGS84 bounds:
-178.15 -20.81
176.81 -12.42

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

DATUM["Fiji_Geodetic_Datum_1986",
    SPHEROID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","7043"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","6720"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

DATUM["Fiji Geodetic Datum 1986",
    ELLIPSOID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    ID["EPSG",6720]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

DATUM["D_Fiji_1986",
    SPHEROID["WGS_1972",6378135.0,298.26]]

Definition: JSON

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    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
    "name": "Fiji Geodetic Datum 1986",
    "ellipsoid": {
        "name": "WGS 72",
        "semi_major_axis": 6378135,
        "inverse_flattening": 298.26
    },
    "scope": "Geodesy, cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.",
    "area": "Fiji - onshore. Includes Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, the Yasawa Group, the Kadavu Group, the Lau Islands and Rotuma Islands.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": -20.81,
        "west_longitude": 176.81,
        "north_latitude": -12.42,
        "east_longitude": -178.15
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 6720
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

6720-datum=DATUM["Fiji_Geodetic_Datum_1986",SPHEROID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7043"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6720"]]