EPSG:4272 NZGD49
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: New Zealand - onshore and nearshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4272 |
|---|---|
| Name | NZGD49 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
New Zealand - onshore and nearshore New Zealand - North Island, South Island, Stewart Island - onshore and nearshore. |
| Bounds | W 165,87° · S -47,65° · E 179,27° · N -33,89° |
| Countries | New Zealand |
| Datum | New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949 |
| Ellipsoid | International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | NZGD49 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1564) — accuracy 4 m |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=59.47,-5.04,187.44,0.47,-0.1,1.024,-4.5993 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:4272.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_New_Zealand_1949",DATUM["D_New_Zealand_1949",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — New Zealand
- EPSG:2133NZGD2000 / UTM zone 58S
- EPSG:2134NZGD2000 / UTM zone 59S
- EPSG:2135NZGD2000 / UTM zone 60S
- EPSG:2193NZGD2000 / New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000
- EPSG:3764NZGD2000 / Chatham Island Circuit 2000
- EPSG:3788NZGD2000 / Auckland Islands TM 2000
- EPSG:3789NZGD2000 / Campbell Island TM 2000
- EPSG:3790NZGD2000 / Antipodes Islands TM 2000
- EPSG:3791NZGD2000 / Raoul Island TM 2000
- EPSG:3793NZGD2000 / Chatham Islands TM 2000
- EPSG:3851NZGD2000 / NZCS2000
- EPSG:3994WGS 84 / Mercator 41
- EPSG:4167NZGD2000
- EPSG:4672Chatham Islands 1971
- EPSG:4673Chatham Islands 1979
- EPSG:5518CI1971 / Chatham Islands Map Grid
- EPSG:5519CI1979 / Chatham Islands Map Grid
- EPSG:5700NZGD2000 / UTM zone 1S
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.