EPSG systems

EPSG:3112 GDA94 / Geoscience Australia Lambert

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)) in use: Australia - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:3112
NameGDA94 / Geoscience Australia Lambert
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)
Area of use Australia - onshore
Australia - Australian Capital Territory; New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Western Australia; Victoria.
Bounds W 112,85° · S -43,70° · E 153,69° · N -9,86°
Countries Australia
DatumGeocentric Datum of Australia 1994
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4283 — GDA94
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 GDA94 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1150) — accuracy 3 m
ScopeTopographic mapping, environmental studies.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of false origin0degree
Longitude of false origin134degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel-18degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel-36degree
Easting at false origin0metre
Northing at false origin0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=134 +lat_1=-18 +lat_2=-36 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:3112.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["GDA_1994_Geoscience_Australia_Lambert",GEOGCS["GCS_GDA_1994",DATUM["D_GDA_1994",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",134.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",-18.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",-36.0],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.