EPSG
The Papua New Guinea Map Grid Technical Manual; National Mapping Council of Australia; 1972
2021-09-23
Cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping (large and medium scale).
Grid convergence uses opposite sign convention to UTM.
Papua New Guinea - between 156°E and 162°E, onshore and offshore.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)
CONVERSION["Papua New Guinea Map Grid 1994 zone 57", METHOD["Transverse Mercator", ID["EPSG",9807]], PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8801]], PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",159, ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433], ID["EPSG",8802]], PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996, SCALEUNIT["unity",1], ID["EPSG",8805]], PARAMETER["False easting",500000, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8806]], PARAMETER["False northing",10000000, LENGTHUNIT["metre",1], ID["EPSG",8807]], ID["EPSG",9872]]
Definition: ESRI Well Known Text
PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"], PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0], PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0], PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",159.0], PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996], PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0]
Definition: JSON
{ "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json", "type": "Conversion", "name": "Papua New Guinea Map Grid 1994 zone 57", "method": { "name": "Transverse Mercator", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 9807 } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "Latitude of natural origin", "value": 0, "unit": "degree", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8801 } }, { "name": "Longitude of natural origin", "value": 159, "unit": "degree", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8802 } }, { "name": "Scale factor at natural origin", "value": 0.9996, "unit": "unity", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8805 } }, { "name": "False easting", "value": 500000, "unit": "metre", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8806 } }, { "name": "False northing", "value": 10000000, "unit": "metre", "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 8807 } } ], "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 9872 } }
Definition: Mapnik
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Map srs="+proj=utm +zone=57 +south"> <Layer srs="+proj=utm +zone=57 +south"> </Layer> </Map>
Definition: SQL (PostGIS)
INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 9872, 'EPSG', 9872, '+proj=utm +zone=57 +south', 'PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",159],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",10000000]');