EPSG systems

EPSG:4202 AGD66

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Australasia - Australia and PNG - AGD66. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4202
NameAGD66
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Australasia - Australia and PNG - AGD66
Australia - onshore and offshore. Papua New Guinea - onshore.
Bounds W 109,23° · S -47,20° · E 163,20° · N -1,30°
Countries Australia, Papua New Guinea
DatumAustralian Geodetic Datum 1966
Ellipsoid Australian National Spheroid a = 6378160 m · 1/f = 298.25
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 AGD66 to WGS 84 (18) (EPSG:15980) — accuracy 3 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=aust_SA +towgs84=-117.808,-51.536,137.784,0.303,0.446,0.234,-0.29 +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:4202.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Australian_1966",DATUM["D_Australian_1966",SPHEROID["Australian",6378160.0,298.25]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Australia

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