EPSG systems

EPSG:9473 GDA2020 / Australian Albers

Projected system (Albers Equal Area) in use: Australia - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:9473
NameGDA2020 / Australian Albers
TypeProjected system — Albers Equal Area
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 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
ScopeStatistical analysis.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of false origin0degree
Longitude of false origin132degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel-18degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel-36degree
Easting at false origin0metre
Northing at false origin0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=aea +lat_0=0 +lon_0=132 +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:9473.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["GDA2020_Australian_Albers",GEOGCS["GCS_GDA2020",DATUM["GDA2020",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Albers"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",132.0],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.