EPSG systems

EPSG:5700 NZGD2000 / UTM zone 1S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: New Zealand - offshore 180°W to 174°W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:5700
Name	NZGD2000 / UTM zone 1S
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	New Zealand - offshore 180°W to 174°W New Zealand - offshore between 180°W and 174°W.
Bounds	W -180,00° · S -52,97° · E -174,00° · N -25,88°
Countries	New Zealand
Datum	New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000
Ellipsoid	GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system	EPSG:4167 — NZGD2000
Unit	metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84	NZGD2000 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1565) — accuracy 1 m
Scope	Topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	0	degree
Longitude of natural origin	-177	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	0.9996	unity
False easting	500000	metre
False northing	10000000	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=1 +south +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:5700.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NZGD_2000_UTM_Zone_1S",GEOGCS["GCS_NZGD_2000",DATUM["D_NZGD_2000",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-177.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — New Zealand

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)

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