EPSG systems

EPSG:8018 GDA2020 / CIG2020

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Christmas Island - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:8018
NameGDA2020 / CIG2020
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Christmas Island - onshore
Bounds W 105,48° · S -10,63° · E 105,77° · N -10,36°
Countries Christmas Island
DatumGeocentric Datum of Australia 2020
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:7844 — GDA2020
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 GDA2020 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:8450) — accuracy 3 m
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey. Usage restricted to areas below 290m above sea level.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin105.625degree
Scale factor at natural origin1.00002514unity
False easting50000metre
False northing1400000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=105.625 +k=1.00002514 +x_0=50000 +y_0=1400000 +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:8018.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["GDA2020_CIG2020",GEOGCS["GCS_GDA2020",DATUM["GDA2020",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",50000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",1400000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",105.625],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.00002514],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Christmas Island

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