EPSG systems

EPSG:20356 AGD84 / AMG zone 56

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Australia - Qld east of 150°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:20356
Name	AGD84 / AMG zone 56
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	Australia - Qld east of 150°E Australia - Queensland east of 150°E.
Bounds	W 150,00° · S -29,19° · E 153,61° · N -22,00°
Countries	Australia
Datum	Australian Geodetic Datum 1984
Ellipsoid	Australian National Spheroid a = 6378160 m · 1/f = 298.25
Base geographic system	EPSG:4203 — AGD84
Unit	metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84	AGD84 to WGS 84 (7) (EPSG:1669) — accuracy 3 m
Scope	Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	0	degree
Longitude of natural origin	153	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	0.9996	unity
False easting	500000	metre
False northing	10000000	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=56 +south +ellps=aust_SA +units=m +towgs84=-117.763,-51.51,139.061,0.292,0.443,0.277,-0.191 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:20356.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["AGD_1984_AMG_Zone_56",GEOGCS["GCS_Australian_1984",DATUM["D_Australian_1984",SPHEROID["Australian",6378160.0,298.25]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",153.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Australia

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.

Projection parameters

proj4 definition

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

Other systems — Australia